§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what research projects are currently being financed, wholly or partly, by his Department, relating to the protection of the coastline from erosion by the sea.
§ Mr. Denis HowellThe principal current research projects relating to protection of the coastline which are being financed wholly or partly by my Department are: monitoring of Bournemouth beach replenishment scheme; study of coastline of East Anglia; project to improve methods of forecasting tidal levels and movements; study of sediment movement in the near shore zone at Swansea Bay.