Research (Hansard, 22 November 1994)

HC Deb 22 November 1994 vol 250 c65W 65W

§ Mr. Llew Smith
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what recent assessment he has made of the distribution of public investment in research between civil and military projects.

Mr. Robert G. Hughes
The "Forward Look of Government funded Science, Engineering and Technology", published in April 1994, and available in the House of Commons Library, sets out for scrutiny the current balance of public expenditure on civil and defence research, and changes in this balance during the period 1986–87 to 1996–97.