Research Establishments (Hansard, 27 March 1996)

HC Deb 27 March 1996 vol 274 cc608-9W 608W

§ Mrs. Anne Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which former public sector research establishments in the Overseas Development Administration have been privatised since 1979; and which public sector research establishments in the Overseas Development Administration are currently undergoing reviews with a view to placing them in the private sector. [21940]

§ Mr. Hanley
From 1979 to date, no ODA research establishment has been transferred to the private sector. Over the period, a number of separate bodies were brought together to form the Natural Resources Institute. The transfer of the NRI to the private sector is in progress; a preferred bidder was announced on 5 March,Official Report, column 166.
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