§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list in theOfficial Report the names and locations of bodies in Scotland, England and Wales whose research and development funding is currently under review by Her Majesty's Government.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe current internal review of Agriculture Departments' R and D expenditure covers all areas of activity with particular reference to near market work. I cannot comment on the implications for particular locations at this stage.
§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list in theOfficial Report the names and locations of research institutes in the United Kingdom currently in receipt of financial support for research and development from public funds.
§ Mr. MacGregorWithin the areas of responsibility of my Department, public funds are used to support both in-house research and externally commissioned work at a large number of locations. My Department also provides a grant in aid to the royal botanic gardens, and has ad hoc contracts with certain universities and a limited number of commercial establishments. The main external contractors are the Agricultural and Food Research Council and Natural Environment Research Council, details of whose institutes are available from the councils themselves.
Work on agriculture, fisheries and food is also funded by the Department of Education and Science, the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland and the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland.