§ Mr. Macfarlaneasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the Science Research Council's budget for each of the six years from 1971–72 onwards in (a) engineering, (b) nuclear physics and (c) astronomy and space sciences; and, allowing for inflationary costs, what has been the decline in science expenditure between 1972 and 1978.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsThe information in respect of the Science Research Council is as follows:
I regret that it would not be practicable to make a reliable comparison at constant prices over so long a period.