§ 57. Mr. Benceasked the Minister of Transport what consideration has been given to the proposed causeway across
168Wsupporting new university research projects set up before the university quinquennial review of 1957; and what proportion such expenditure represented of the total budget of the Council in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Denzil FreethNew university research projects set up before the 1957 review cannot be readily identified, but over the past five years the Medical Research Council's expenditure on research grants to universities has been as follows:
the Firth of Clyde, and what action he proposes taking to examine the desirability of such a proposal.
§ Mr. MarplesThe Clyde Navigation Trust has commissioned an engineering study of the practicability of constructing a barrage across the Clyde; I cannot come to any realistic decision until this study has been made and its conclusions have been thoroughly examined.