§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will establish a data handling centre to collect, store, and disseminate information about the marine sciences.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsThe Natural Environment Research Council has set up at the National Institute of Oceanography, Godalming, Surrey, under the guidance of a small committee chaired by the Director of this Institute, a British Oceanographic Data Service as a data and information link between marine establishments in this country and with centres overseas. The decision to do this was reached on the basis of a report by a working group of the Council that took account of the existing data handling capabilities of major marine laboratories.