§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the extent of British participation in the NATO Scientists' Conference on Environment Matters now being concluded in Iceland; and what will be the total cost of this participation to the British taxpayer.
§ Mr. MulleyThe conference was held under the auspices of the Special Programme Panel on Eco-Sciences of the NATO Science Committee and was attended by some 50 experts from NATO countries, including nine from the United
658Wis derived from my Departments' annual survey of school leavers, which is regularly published in Statistics of Education Volume 2.
Kingdom. The panel awarded a grant of £17,238 to the organisers of the conference to cover publication and some travel and subsistence costs. The United Kingdom share—19.5 per cent.—is about £3,360.