§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on his recent tour of Scotland, indicating the places where and the industries he visited and the effect on his plans of the increased information he so gained.
§ Mr. RossI assume that my hon. and learned Friend refers to the visits I made at the beginning of September to Mallaig, Tarbert, Stornoway, Dounreay, Thurso,
NUMBERS OF QUALIFIED SCIENTISTS EMPLOYED IN RESEARCH STATIONS WHICH ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SCOTLAND (Numbers relate only to staff employed in the Scientific Officer class or equivalent) Research Station 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Agricultural Scientific Services 15 14 14 16 16 15 15 13 15 15 Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen 24 23 24 25 23 27 25 31 32 37 Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory, Pitlochry 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 Agricultural Research Institutes Animal Diseases Research Association 20 20 17 20 20 20 19 22 21 23 Hannah Dairy Research Institute 22 25 22 22 22 23 23 21 24 27 Hill Farming Research Organisation 13 11 12 14 15 16 15 15 15 12 Macaulay Institute for Soil Research 42 47 49 52 53 53 53 54 55 54 National Institute of Agricultural Engineering 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 Rowett Research Institute 51 50 50 51 48 46 45 48 53 51 Scottish Horticultural Research Institute 17 18 19 20 21 22 19 24 23 21 Scottish Society for Research in Plant Breeding 12 12 13 12 11 11 11 11 12 13 Forestry Commission (Scottish Station) 6 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 9 11 233 239 240 251 250 254 247 260 273 278