HC Deb 04 February 1957 vol 564 c28W
158. Mr. Owen

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, if he will set up a commission to examine and report of Britain's mineral resources.

Mr. H. Nicholls

The Geological Survey of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research is continuously engaged on such an examination. Its findings are made public in the series of Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain, and in geological maps. My noble Friend does not consider it necessary to set up a special Commission.