I am grateful for the opportunity to fend for myself and to probe the Minister on that point. I think that he will accept that I was not saying that science centres ought a priori to be funded because they are public services, like schools and hospitals; rather, requiring them to be commercially successful in order to be funded is not reasonable when they perform a public good and/or achieve Government objectives. That was my point, and I think that he recognises that.
Science and Discovery Centres (Funding)
Proceeding contribution from
Evan Harris
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 15 May 2008.
It occurred during Adjournment debate on Science and Discovery Centres (Funding).
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