§ Mr. Sydney Irvingasked the Minister of Education what grants have been made from the fund established to stimulate and sponsor research.
§ Sir E. BoyleThe grants made for the financial year 1962–63 were set out in the Answer given to the hon. Member for Sunderland, North (Mr. Willey) on 11th December, 1962. No further projects have yet been announced.
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§ Mr. TilneyNo, sir. The position is that, at the request of my right honourable Friend the Secretary for Technical Co-operation, the British High Commissioner recently asked the Ghana Government for their views about the Directive, and that he was told in reply that it had never been formally accepted and that they were not prepared to accept it now.
The whole question of retirement terms for officers serving with the research organisations in West Africa is under active consideration, and the possibility of a further approach to the Ghana Government cannot be excluded.