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Science: Finance

Volume 482: debated on Tuesday 4 November 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the likely effect of the transfer of his responsibilities on climate change to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on his Department’s science budget; and if he will make a statement. (233216)

The budget for the new Department is currently being decided between it and the contributory Departments: the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. Included in these deliberations is a division of the science budget. The budget for the new Department is expected to be announced to Parliament in the spring Supplementary Estimate.