Clause 3 - Expenses of Council
Higher Education Bill
10:15 am

Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss new clause 5—Distribution principle for funding by research councils—
'(1) In distributing funding, the research councils to which this section applies shall have regard to the distribution principle in this section.
(2) That principle is that, in any period of twelve months, 10 per cent. of funds to be distributed shall be awarded to those institutions that have benefited the least from the distribution of the other 90 per cent. of funds.
(3) This section applies to—
(a) the Arts and Humanities and Research Council,
(b) the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council,
(c) the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council,
(d) the Natural Environment Research Council,
(e) the Medical Research Council,
(f) the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council,
(g) the Economic and Social Research Council, and
(h) the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils.'.
