§ Mr. Benceasked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what initiatives he is taking in further research in marine and fresh water biology.
§ Mr. Denzil FreethSupport for these subjects from within my noble Friend's responsibilities is provided by research 129W grants from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. These have been increasing substantially in recent years and currently total about £130,000. My noble Friend has also kept in close touch with the development plans of the National Institute of Oceanography which is jointly and equally supported by Votes from the Admiralty and the Development Fund. The N.I.O. budget for 1963–64 amounts to approximately £360,000 of which a proportion is devoted to researches into marine and fresh water biology, compared with £290,000 which is the corresponding figure for the current year.
The independent institutions concerned with research in marine and fresh water biology are supported by grants from the Treasury, made on the advice of the Development Commissioners: in the past two years these have provided for a substantial extension of facilities. The Fisheries Ministers are responsible for applied fisheries research and are developing this work considerably, as announced in the White Paper on the Fishing Industry (Cmnd. 1453).
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