HC Deb 11 June 1968 vol 766 c20W
Mr. Dalyell

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether his approval was sought by the Agricultural Research Council before they accepted a 9,000 dollar contract from the United States armed forces for work on the study of the chemistry of radiation-included changes in protein at the Agricultural Research Council, Cambridge.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

No. The content of the research programmes of the Agricultural Research Council Institutes is a matter for the Council itself and the acceptance of this contract did not require approval by my right hon. Friend.