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THE annual report for 1943 of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee refers to a substantial increase in membership. Subjects with which the Committee was concerned during the year included income tax and subscriptions to learned societies, coal utilization research, the training of Civil servants, scientific research and the universities in post-war Britain, on the last three of which reports have been issued, research and Colonial development and income tax and research expenditure, on which a memorandum has since been issued. Further action is projected in regard to the universities and research. A motion has been tabled by members of the Committee in the House of Commons which, it is hoped, may provide the opportunity for a debate during the current session, while a sub-committee has been set up to report on the general question of how research in Great Britain might be developed and organized in the most efficient manner. At the annual general meeting held on February 3, 1944, the chairman reported that it was hoped that the first report would cover a general introduction as to the principles which should be applied to the organization and development of all fields of research work and the development of industrial research. Further reports might concentrate on research and agriculture, research and housing, etc.
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Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. Nature 153, 428 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153428c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/153428c0