§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what further plans he has to implement plans outlined in his White Paper on science published earlier this year.
§ Mr. WaldegraveSince the White Paper was published, I have established the new Council for Science and Technology which meets for the first time on 9 November, launched the technology foresight programme and appointed the first of the new part-time chairmen of research councils. I will shortly be appointing the director general of research councils and the remaining chairmen and chief executives. We have launched a new grants scheme to aid small-scale initiatives in the public understanding of science. Finally, the first Forward Look on publicly funded science and technology will be published next April.