§ Mr. Masonasked the Lord President of the Council and Minister for Science how much is being spent from public funds on telecommunications research; and whether he will name the organisations undertaking the research.
§ Mr. HoggGovernment expenditure on civil research into telecommunications was just over £1 million in 1962–63, and is running at about the same level in 1963–64. This research is undertaken by the General Post Office and by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.