§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology has applied for funding into research investigating acid rain for the year 1982–83 and subsequent years.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe institute does not at present receive any DOE funds for acid rain research. For the future, the Department is reviewing its needs in this field and is holding discussions with, among others, the National Environmental Research Council, which sponsors the Institute. However, decisions on the research required, and the contractors, have yet to be taken.