§ Mr. Dalyellasked 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 WilliamsNo. 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.