That this House notes with concern the findings of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology that the very seed core of British science is at risk; further deplores the hasty financial cuts inflicted on research councils, including the ??28 million cut forced on the Science and Engineering Research Council, which will result in the closure of the Daresbury Laboratory in Warrington; calls on the Government to reverse the disastrous trend in the funding of British scientific research and to make funds available to Daresbury, which is regarded as a centre of excellence by leading scientists throughout the world; and further calls on the Government to ensure that proper resources are given to the funding of vital scientific research being carried out in the United Kingdom.

That this House notes with concern the findings of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology that the very seed core of British science is at risk; further deplores the hasty financial cuts inflicted on research councils, including the ??28 million cut forced on the Science and...

That this House notes with deep concern reports of the possible closure of Britain's experimental Nuclear Structure Facility at Daresbury, Warrington, with the loss of 150 jobs, because of a funding crisis at the Science and Engineering Research Council; agrees with the many leading universities who have protested against this move that the closure of the Nuclear Structure Facility would be a serious blow to British science, leaving much vital research work unfinished, terminating important collaborative research projects, damaging the reputation of British science abroad and leading to the premature termination of work on one of the world's most successful particle accelerators; supports the view of the former Prime Minister, the Right honourable Member for Finchley, who wrote last July that the Facility `. .. is at the frontiers of research in several fundamental areas' through `exciting projects' like the Anglo-French Eurogam programme, which is now threatened; calls upon the Science and Engineering Research Council not to take any irrevocable action until all available scientific and financial options have been fully examined; and asks the Secretary of State for Education and Science to intervene to save the Facility by providing extra funding as required.

That this House notes with deep concern reports of the possible closure of Britain's experimental Nuclear Structure Facility at Daresbury, Warrington, with the loss of 150 jobs, because of a funding crisis at the Science and Engineering Research Council; agrees with the many leading universities who have protested against this...