HC Deb 02 November 1965 vol 718 cc152-3W
Mr. Walter Harrison

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, what progress has been made in setting up a Social Science Research Council as recommended in the Report of the Committee on Social Studies under Lord Heyworth's chairmanship.

Mr. Crosland

I was pleased to be able to announce on 5th August that Dr. Michael Young had accepted my invitation to become Chairman of a Social Science Research Council. The other members of the Council will be:

Mr. W. O. C. Adamson, M.A.

Mr. A. L. C. Bullock, M.A.

Professor J. Dreyer, M.A., F.R.S.E.

Professor R. W. Firth, M.A., Ph.D., F.B.A.

Sir William Hart, C.M.G., B.C.L., M.A.

Professor Marie Jahoda, Ph.D.

Lord James of Rusholme.. M.A., D.Phil., Hon. Ll.D. (McGill).

Professor R. G. Lipsey, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

Professor W. J. M. Mackenzie, C.B.E., M.A. (Oxford and Manchester),Ll.B.

Professor T. H. Marshall, C.M.G., M.A.

Professor C. A. Moser, C.B.E., B.Sc. (Econ.).

Mr. L. Murray.

Professor R. M. Titmuss, Hon. D.Sc. (Wales), Hon. Ll.D. (Edinburgh), and Hon. Ll.D. (Toronto).

Mr. G. D. N. Worswick, M.A.

A draft of the Charter to be granted to the Council has been approved by Her Majesty in Council, and a draft Order specifying the objects of the new body and declaring it to be a Research Council for purposes of the Science and Technology Act, 1965 has been laid before Parliament. Each House will in due course be invited to approve a Resolution commending the draft Order to Her Majesty in Council.