§ 45. Dr. BrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a comprehensive evaluation of the effects of the brain drain on the quality of research in British universities.
Mr. JacksonMy reply of 17 February to my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby and Kenilworth (Mr. Pawsey) at column 417, showed that, over the last eight years, there has been a net inflow of academic staff to British universities. The Government recognise that concern has been expressed about the academic quality of those leaving the United Kingdom, but believe that it is for the universities themselves to be more rigorous in monitoring the flows, and to use the more flexible arrangements for academic pay now in place to help forestall and counteract them as necessary.