§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress he has made in promoting nautical archaeology. [114930]
§ Mr. Alan HowarthThe Department for Culture, Media and Sport is currently engaged in providing additional wreck marker buoys and interpretative signs at a number of sites designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.
In 2000–01 we will continue to support, through the Heritage Grant Fund administered by English Heritage, two nautical archaeological projects: the activities of the Hampshire and Wight Trust and the Nautical Archaeological Society's course programme.