§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list in the Official Report studies by consultants or other outside bodies into aspects of the Welsh economy that have been sponsored in whole or in part by his Department since March 1974.
§ Mr. John MorrisStudies of the regional policy and the economy of Wales have been carried out by the department of applied economics, University of Cambridge, and by Ruskin College, Oxford. The former was published in 1975; the latter is in course of preparation. My Department has also commissioned from the University College of North Wales, Bangor, a research study aimed at developing an econometric model of Wales; this is not due for completion until 1981. Fuller details of research projects are given in the annual publication"Research Wales ", copies of which are available in the Library of the House.