HC Deb 06 June 1961 vol 641 c84W
83. Mr. Woodburn

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science why the offices of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research were sited in the centre of London; and what were the arguments against siting them in a less congested area.

Mr. Denzil Freeth

Central London was considered the most suitable site from which the Council and headquarters staff could best maintain contact with other Government Departments, the D.S.I.R. stations, research associations and other industrial organisations, universities and other learned institutions, the Press and other publicity media.

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