§ 25. Mr. John H. Osbornasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science 'what research he has sponsored in the field of new materials over the last five years; what has been the cost; and how much has been on beta-sialons, materials from aluminium, silicon, oxygen and nitrogen; and what progress has been made.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneThe Science and Engineering Research Council—as it is now called—has spent about £20 million over the past five years in support of materials research in universities and polytechnics, including £½ million on sialons/nitrogen ceramics.