§ Q13. Mr. J. H. Osbornasked the Prime Minister which Ministers have the responsibility for developing, as well as carrying out research into, information storage and retrieval, using computers and telecommunications systems; and who is responsible for the supervision, standardisation and co-ordination of work carried out by the Government, universities, research associations and industry in this field.
§ The Prime MinisterMy right hon. Friends the Minister of Technology and the Secretary of State for Education and Science have responsibilities for research and development in this field. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science also has a wider responsibility for co-ordination in the field of scientific and technical information as he explained to the House in answer to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston-upon-Hull, West (Mr. James Johnson) on 27th April. 1965.