HL Deb 08 March 1995 vol 562 cc25-6WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Why NATO is funding studies of the following topics: environmental and non-environmental determinants of the east-west life expectancy gap; regional approaches to water pollution in the environment; science cities; a comparative exploration of the structure and function of scientific technical growth centres; analytical use of fluorescent probes in oncology; bio-organic catalysis; the chemical physics of fullerenes 10 (and 5) years later; integrated assessment of global environmental change: science and policy; past and future rapid environmental changes: the spatial and evolutionary responses of terrestrial biota; biological magnet resonance: dynamics and the problem of recognition in biological macro-molecules; general relativity; thermonuclear supernovi; evolutionary processes in binary stars; and psychopathy: theory, research and implications for society; among the 111 projects listed in the New Scientist advertisement.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey:

These activities take place as part of the NATO science programme. It was established in 1958 and remains the only co-operative international effort embodying multilateral government support for advancing the frontiers of science through high level basic research. Its remit encompasses all disciplines in the pure and applied sciences, including environmental and social science.