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IN considering the provision made for research in Great Britain into social and economic questions, the Clapham Committee, reporting in July 1946, was satisfied that unless the existing arrangements and plans were upset in some future economy campaign, the provision for such research within the government machine was much more likely to be hampered by the lack of properly trained staff than by failure to realize the importance of the work to be done. Developments in the departments and in the central secretariat promised well for the future of research in this field. It was, however, highly desirable that the Government departments which collect and analyse material relevant to social and economic research should be in continuous contact with outside experts, who could keep them aware of the needs arising in the speculative branches of the field and who could assist in assessing the value and possible uses of material which is already being collected. Equally it was desirable that there should be continuous contact between the relevant divisions within the different departments, both to avoid overlapping and to ensure that the potential value for research purposes of the material available was exploited from every point of view.
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Social and Economic Research in Great Britain. Nature 162, 905–907 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162905a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/162905a0