§ Mr. Boydenasked the Secretary for Technical Co-operation what additional funds he proposes to make available to British universities to enable them to create supernumerary appointments covering the secondment of senior staff to developing countries, as was recommended by the Porritt Working Party on Medical Aid to the Developing Countries.
§ Mr. VosperI am anxious to encourage these secondments, but I do not think that supernumerary appointments are needed to make them possible. I accept the need to make funds available, as recommended by the Working Party, for example to provide supplementary emoluments for university staff going to senior appointments in developing countries. The provision of funds for this purpose has been taken into account in the formulation of my Department's Estimates for the coming financial year.