Mary Henry (Independent)

"Oriented basic research" leaps from the page here again but the Minister will be pleased to know that I have been able to contact my advisers, who have told me to leave it in the section. Researchers are always trying to go off to do research and I gather it is better to include it than take it out.

Question put and agreed to.

Section 25 agreed to.

SECTION 26.

Government amendment No. 16:

In page 18, subsection (3), line 8, after "research laboratory" to insert "that is independent of any institute, college or university".