asked the Lord President of the Council and Minister for Science whether he has yet received proposals on design manuals and data sheets for the professional institutions, as a result of the Feilden Committee Report on Engineering Design of July, 1963; and what action he is taking.

The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research is now studying a proposal from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers for a pilot scheme for producing design data sheets.

Referring to the Chief Secretary's Answer of 19th November last year, why so slow?

I do not think that it has been.