§ Q8. Mr. Raymond Fletcherasked the Prime Minister what steps have been taken by Her Majesty's Government to establish the Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society in accordance with the agreement he signed with the Federal German Chancellor on 2nd March 1973; and if he will make a statement.
§ The Prime MinisterAgreement on the content of the Royal Charter was reached with the Federal German Government on 27th September. The draft charter will be submitted to Her Majesty on 24th October. The German and British trustees have been selected and their names published. Arrangements are being made for the board of trustees to meet as soon as possible. The generosity of the Federal German Government, whose initiative this is, will support the foundation's activities for its first years.