§ 87. Mr. Scott-Hopkinsasked the Minister of Technology if he will arrange an exhibition in 1971 to mark the bicentenary of William Arkwright, who initiated the English industrial revolution.
§ Dr. Ernest A. Davies:The bicentenary of Sir Richard Arkwright's first patent en the spinning machine was marked in 1969 with an exhibition at the Science Museum. Private organisations are, I understand, making arrangements to mark the bicentenary of the first Arkwright factory in 1971, and we are considering what help, if any, can be given.