HC Deb 25 November 1970 vol 807 cc171-2W
Mr. Laurance Reed

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will take steps to promote the establishment of an Advanced Ocean Studies Centre devoted specifically to the study of ocean exploitation in all its aspects.

Mrs. Thatcher

No. The Natural Environment Research Council already has institutes concerned with aspects of oceanographic research. Exploitation is primarily a matter for industry.