§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will give details of any contracts for research which his Department has placed with universities or colleges of advanced technology, and of the value of such contracts.
§ Mr. MacCollA contract has been placed with the Department of Town and Country Planning in the University of Newcastle for research into the distribution of warehouses in the north-east, with particular reference to Newcastle. The project will take two years to complete a t a cost of £6,850.
Mr. J. B. Cullingworth, Director of the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies in the University of Birmingham has also been commissioned to carry out research into the ownership and management of h prises in New Towns at a cost of £15,000. The study is expected to take from 12 to 18 months to complete.