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 Mr Alan Howarth Mr Alan Howarth Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Education and Science) 12:00, 12 March 1991

I appreciate my hon. Friend's commitment to keeping open the nuclear structure facility at Daresbury and his concern for the welfare of his constituents there. No one could have fought more effectively on their behalf than he. The decision on the allocation of public funding for science must be made by scientists themselves. No further decisions on that matter have yet been announced, but such decisions will be made by the scientific community, rather than by the Government.