HC Deb 09 March 1993 vol 220 c499W
Mr. Rowe

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on responsibility for encouraging industrial innovation and technology transfer.

Mr. Heseltine

In the context of the policies emerging from the forthcoming White Paper on science and technology, the Government will review the scope for transferring responsibility for a range of schemes for encouraging industrial innovation and technology transfer in Scotland and Wales from the Department of Trade and Industry to the Scottish and Welsh Offices respectively. The object of the review will be to bring about transfer of responsibility wherever practicable.