Civil Scientific Research

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Science – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 March 1991.

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Photo of Dr Ian Twinn Dr Ian Twinn , Edmonton 12:00, 12 March 1991

Does my hon. Friend agree that those real increases in spending on scientific research are matters for praise and not the criticism that we hear from the Opposition Benches? Does he agree that, by any measurable criteria, scientific output in this country, as a result of that increased spending, is a matter for considerable satisfaction?