§ 36. Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent discussions he has had about the impact on British firms and British research of the memorandum of understanding signed by the United States and United Kingdom Governments on the strategic defence initiative.
§ Mr. PattieI recently held a private seminar for United Kingdom firms which might be interested in participating in the SDI research programme. As a follow-up to the seminar, DTI would be interested to receive any comments by industry on SDI research. It would be premature, however, to predict what the impact of the research programme will be.