§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what changes he proposes to the estimates class XVIII, vote 2—science.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe cash limit for this vote is being reduced by £13,030,272 to £1,225,526,728. The reduction is the net effect of the following. A reduction to £13,685,272 in respect of that expenditure of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, which is being met from the receipts from the sale of the Plant Breeding Institute. An increase of £655,000 in respect of class 3 super-computing time, responsibilty for which is to transfer from the higher education funding councils for England, Wales and Scotland. The increase will be offset by transfers from class X, vote 2—education: higher and further education—of £542,000; class XIV, vote 17—Scotland and Forestry Commission: education, arts and libraries—of £79,000; and class XV, vote 4—Wales: training and education—of £34,000. The additional provision has been allocated to subhead A3—the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.