§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set out a table showing expenditure on the British effort to develop the resources of the sea-bed.
§ Mr. Goronwy RobertsIt is not possible to identify all the expenditure by industry, the universities and other bodies 227W which have interests which might be relevant to the development of the resources of the seabed. The expenditure in this field which falls within my right hon. Friend's responsibility through the N.E.R.C. and its component bodies, the National Institute of Oceanography and the Institute of Geological Sciences is expected to amount to £118,000 in 1967–68. This expenditure is directed to the provision of information which would be basic to any such development.
Organisation Organisation or Government laboratory Total Estimated Cost 1967–68 Capital and recurrent £ National Institute or Oceanography Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) 741,000 Marine Biological Association, Plymouth Scottish Marine Biological Association Independent, grant-aided by NERC 234,000 Scottish Marine Biological Association (a) Millport Independent, grant-aided by NERC 107,000 (b) Oban (New laboratory) 161,000 (c) Edinburgh 125,000 Port Erin Liverpool University NERC Grant 36,000 Fisheries Biochemical Unit NERC at Aberdeen University 42,000 Dove Marine Laboratory Newcastle University NERC grant 32,000 Marine Invertebrate Biology Unit NERC at Bangor University 11,000 Fisheries Helminthology Unit Independent grant-aided by NERC 12,000 Marine Research Laboratory, Lowestoft Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) 1,190,000 Shellfish Laboratory, Burnham-on-Crouch MAFF 78,000 Fisheries Emperiment Station, Conway MAFF 42,000 Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland 642,000