HC Deb 01 July 1985 vol 82 cc23-4W
Mr. Michael Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what opportunities are provided to improve the understanding of senior officials in his Department advising him on priorities in the allocation of the science budget of the practical working of the private sector of industry.

Mr. Brooke

My right hon. Friend is advised by the Advisory Board for the Research Councils on priorities in the allocation of the science budget. Members of the ABRC include a number of senior industrialists who are able to give first hand advice on the practical working of the private sector of industry.