Mr. Alan Lee Williamsasked the Minister of Technology what research his Department is encouraging in overcoming certain technical difficulties like excessive noise in making hovercraft a commercial feasibility in coastal and inland waterways.
§ Mr. BennHovercraft Development Limited, a subsidiary of the N.R.D.C., are engaged on research and development work including work on the problem of noise. The hydrodynamics of hovercraft are being studied at the N.P.L.