§ 56. Mr. Buchananasked the Minister of Technology what request has been made to his Department by British shipbuilders for assistance in the forward planning of ship construction by computer and advanced technological techniques; and what reply he has sent.
§ Mr. CousinsNone. But my Department is in correspondence with the British Ship Research Association about its request for an earmarked grant to buy a tape-controlled drafting machine. This produces accurate scale drawings from a computer tape which will be used to actuate an automatic plate-cutting machine.