§ 74. Mr. Smallasked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science to what extent Scottish firms are co-operating with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in the application to industrial processes of hydrostatic transmissions and techniques for automatic error correction in machine tools.
§ Mr. Denzil FreethThree applications for licences under patents pending in the name of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research for hydrostatic transmissions have been received from firms in Scotland. Co-operation with one of them has resulted in the detailed design of a transmission. No inquiries concerned with automatic error correction in machine tools have been received from firms in Scotland.