HC Deb 05 February 1969 vol 777 cc114-5W
82. Sir F. Maclean

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will now make a statement regarding the future of the Marine Biological Station at Millport.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

Arrangements have been made to ensure that, as support from the N.E.R.C. is progressively withdrawn from the Millport Marine Station and transferred to the new laboratory near Oban, the University Grants Committee will make provision through the user universities for the Marine Station at Mill port, under the aegis of the Scottish Marine Biological Association, to expand its functions as a centre for university teaching in marine biology and for the collection of marine specimens, particularly for supply to universities.