other domestic policies

Question 1

what did wilson want to emphasise and why couldn’t he do this?

Answer 1

wanted to emphasise technology and science in modernising Britain’s economy, government hindered by a lack of expertise

Question 2

Roy jenkins (first minister of aviation ) later admitted to what

Answer 2

he had difficulty understanding his briefings because of his non-scientifc mind

Question 3

first minister of technology Frank Cousins had little interest in?

Answer 3

technological development

Question 4

who took over as minister in 1966

Answer 4

Tony Benn= the department performed better

Question 5

in some ways all labour’s domestic policies were overshadowed by

Answer 5

economic problems

Question 6

research and development was?

Answer 6

costly

Question 7

Britain pursued in some projects such as?

Answer 7

supersonic plane Concorde which it developed in partnership with the French government

Question 8

who could Britain not compete with?

Answer 8

USA- which spent vast government sums on research and development