HC Deb 25 June 1985 vol 81 cc349-50W
40. Mr. Maclennan

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he last met the chairman of the Agricultural and Food Research Council; and what subjects were discussed.

Mr. Brooke

My right hon. Friend met the current chairman of the Agricultural and Food Research Council in November 1982 to discuss the implications of the advice of the advisory board for the research councils that the AFRC's share of the science budget should be reduced after 1983–84.