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Science & Technology - Second Report Here you can browse the second report of the Select Committee on Science and Technology which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 25 February 1997.
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
Press Release
Report: Contents
List of documents cited frequently
Report: text
Report: summary of conclusions
Appendices to the report
Membership of Sub-Committee I
List of Witnesses
Invitation to submit evidence
Acronyms
European research policy institutions
The published version of the Report is available from The Stationery Office, price £8.60 (ISBN 0 10 404997 9) The published evidence is also available, price £20.30, (ISBN 0 10 479097 0) The e-mail address of the committee is hol.science&[e-mail]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of documents cited frequently
Description	Paragraph
CHAPTER 1  EU RESEARCH POLICY
INTRODUCTION	1.1
FRAMEWORK PROGRAMMES	1.7
TASK FORCES	1.29
DISSEMINATION	1.33
TRAINING AND MOBILITY OF RESEARCHERS	1.35
JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE	1.37
SMALLER FIRMS	1.42
COHESION	1.45
EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING	1.47
THE COMMITTEE'S INQUIRY	1.48
CHAPTER 2 VIEWS OF THE WITNESSES
FOCUS OF THE FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME	2.1
VALUE FOR MONEY	2.11
BASIC RESEARCH	2.27
COHESION	2.31
SMALLER FIRMS	2.36
TASK FORCES	2.39
ADMINISTRATION	2.45
VAT	2.70
ATTRIBUTION	2.72
JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE	2.78
DISSEMINATION AND EXPLOITATION	2.85
EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING	2.89
CHAPTER 3 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE
FOCUS OF THE FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME	3.1
VALUE FOR MONEY	3.10
EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING	3.13
BASIC RESEARCH	3.14
COHESION	3.16
SMALLER FIRMS	3.17
TASK FORCES	3.18
ADMINISTRATION	3.19
VAT	3.22
ATTRIBUTION	3.23
JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE	3.25
DISSEMINATION AND EXPLOITATION	3.29
CONCLUSION	3.32
CHAPTER 4  SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS
APPENDIX 1  Membership of Sub-Committee I
APPENDIX 2  List of witnesses
APPENDIX 3  Invitation to submit evidence
APPENDIX 4  Acronyms
APPENDIX 5  European research policy institutions

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Prepared 5 March 1997