HL Deb 16 October 1972 vol 335 c1663WA
THE EARL OF LAUDERDALE

asked Her Majesty's Government :

Whether the Forest Products Research Laboratory will undertake research into the possible uses of lignin and the economics of its extraction from timber, either in association with pulp manufacture or separately.

LORD SANDFORD

The potential benefits from such work are not considered to be of a high enough value to merit research being undertaken by the Laboratory.