37. Mr. W. T. Williamsasked the Minister of Technology if he will make a statement setting out the arrangements he has made to improve the technological performance of British industry.
§ Mr. CousinsThe resources of my Department are being deployed to this end in a variety of ways including the investigation of the performance and the needs of individual industries, studies of general technological problems such as process control instrumentation and engineering standards as well as the support of civil research and development. This is a continuing process and I shall announce the more important specific measures as my plans are formulated.