§ Mr. Boothasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will state the numbers and levels of staff in 430W his department engaged on research in connection with the establishment of the European Technological Community; and if he will detail the nature and scale of such research.
§ Mr. Gordon Walker:My Department participates in inter-Departmental preparation and development of Government proposals relating to European technological co-operation.
Officials at various levels are concerned: but their participation in this work accounts for only a part, which it would not be practicable to quantify, of their departmental duties.