§ Mr. Gurdenasked the Minister of Technology how far the money being allocated by his Department to Strathclyde for new equipment connected with machine tools will involve duplication with other establishments.
§ Mr. BennI assume the hon. Member is referring to the Institute of Advanced Machine Tool and Control Technology at East Kilbride. There should be little or no duplication when items of major equipment are provided for this Institute, and certainly no unnecessary duplication. 145W One reason governing the choice of site for the Institute was the availability of equipment at the National Engineering Laboratory, thus avoiding duplication.