§ Mr. Freesonasked the Minister of Technology what steps he will take to encourage studies of automation techniques and their consequent application by management in industry.
§ Mr. CousinsStudies of automation are going on in a number of the Ministry's research stations and in industrial research stations. My main concern is to stimulate users; one example of this is the scheme which N.R.D.C. are to operate on our behalf to encourage users to try out numerically-controlled machine tools. Preparations are well advanced for a major campaign by the Ministry's Regional Organisation to bring to the notice of local management throughout the country the possibilities and advantages of low-cost automation.