HC Deb 08 March 1989 vol 148 c530W
Mr. Gordon Brown

To ask the Prime Minister what information she has on Government spending on environmental research in (i) Britain, (ii) West Germany and (iii) the EEC countries as a whole.

The Prime Minister

The Government of the United Kingdom will spend £161.2 million in 1988–89 on environmental research. Comparable figures are not available for West Germany and other EC countries.