HC Deb 25 October 1993 vol 230 c494W
Mr. Mackinlay

To 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. Waldegrave

Since 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.

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