HC Deb 09 April 1968 vol 762 cc232-3W
Q14. Mr. Willey

asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy towards the recommendation, a copy of which has been sent to him, of the Report of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, on Collection, Dissemination, Storage and Retrieval of Scientific and Technological Information that the information services activities of the Ministry of Technology and the Department of Education and Science should be made the responsibility of a single Minister and unified under a single statutory body.

The Prime Minister

As my right hon. Friend will know, a deputation from the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee recently discussed the recommendations of this most interesting report with my right hon. Friends the Secretary of State for Education and Science and the Minister of Technology. I have, however, no statement to make today.