HC Deb 15 June 1967 vol 748 cc107-8W
Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT those international bodies concerned with science and technology which have headquarters or operational stations sited in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Goronwy Roberts

The following are the major intergovernmental bodies concerned with science and technology which have headquarters or operational stations sited in the United Kingdom: —The Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, whose headquarters are at Farnham Royal, Bucks., have the following Institutes and Bureaux sited in this country:—

  • The Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, London.
  • The Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, Surrey.
  • Commonwealth Bureau of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Edinburgh.
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  • Commonwealth Bureau of Animal Health, Weybridge, Surrey.
  • Commonwealth Bureau of Animal Nutrition, Aberdeen.
  • Commonwealth Bureau of Dairy Science and Technology, Reading, Berks.
  • Commonwealth Bureau of Forestry, Oxford.
  • Commonwealth Bureau of Helminthology, St. Albans, Herts.
  • Commonwealth Bureau of Horticulture and Plantation Crops, Maidstone, Kent.
  • Commonwealth Bureau of Pastures and Field Crops, Maidenhead, Berks.
  • Commonwealth Bureau of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cambridge.
  • Commonwealth Bureau of Soils, Cambridge.
  • The Commonwealth Foundation, London.
  • The Commonwealth Scientific Committee whose Executive Sub-Committee meets in London and whose Secretariat is located in London.

In addition, a major project of the European Nuclear Energy Agency, the "Dragon" gas cooled reactor is sited at Winfrith.