§ Mr. CormackTo ask the Minister for the Arts if he is now in a position to announce decisions on the replacement for the indefinite stop and the recommendations of the reviewing committee on the export of works of art on collections.
§ Mr. LuceI have today written to the chairman of the reviewing committee on the export of works of art conveying to him and his committee members the decisions which I and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry have taken on the indefinite stop. I have also conveyed in that letter my decisions on the committee's recommendations on collections, which it made to me in its annual reports for 1987–88 and 1988–89. I have placed copies of the letter in the Libraries of both Houses.
Percentage of total energy R and D budgets committed to renewable energy R and D and to nuclear energy R and D and total Government energy R and D budgets in 1988 Country Renewable R and D Nuclear R and D Total Government energy R and D Budget $US million Percentage of total R and D budget Budget $US million Percentage of total R and D budget Budget $US million Austria 4.20 16.63 1.80 7.19 25.30 Belgium 3.10 4.09 62.90 83.98 74.92 Canada 13.90 4.23 129.90 39.56 328.22 Germany 101.40 17.61 343.00 57.86 575.65 Greece 5.00 61.46 1.10 14.06 8.18 Italy 52.50 6.51 422.40 52.35 806.86 Japan 128.50 5.95 1,485.70 68.82 2,158.83 Netherlands 21.70 13.39 31.70 19.53 162.13 Norway 2.90 6.95 3.20 7.61 41.94 Portugal 1.50 26.07 1.30 21.74 5.75 Spain 21.40 33.71 18.10 28.65 63.35 Sweden 18.10 21.06 14.90 17.31 85.98 Switzerland 14.40 14.19 45.80 45.27 101.16 United Kingdom 21.50 5.40 273.20 68.60 398.26 United States 124.30 6.08 1,013.00 49.57 2,043.40 Full details may be found in "Energy Policies and Programmes of IEA Countries—1988 Review", International Energy Agency, OECD, 1989.