HC Deb 28 March 1996 vol 274 cc753-4W
Mrs. Anne Campbell

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which former public sector research establishments in his Department have been privatised since 1979; and which public sector research establishments in his Department are currently undergoing reviews with a view to placing them in the private sector. [21951]

Mr. Boswell

There have been no such establishments privatised during the period in question. As regards on-going reviews, I refer the hon. Member to the timetable of prior options reviews outlined by my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade in his reply on 26 January,Official Report, columns 421–23. Each review will address the relationship of establishments to others working in similar or related fields and consider, among other things, the potential for privatisation or rationalisation.