§ Lord Gregsonasked Her Majesty's Government:
When they propose to respond to the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology's Report Marine Science and Technology.
§ The Earl of SwintonMy right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science has written today to you as the Chairman of the Committee's Sub-Committee II, with the Government's response which has been published as a White Paper (Cmnd. 9861).
The Government welcome the committee's report and accept that a mechanism for greater co-ordination across the breadth of marine science and technology is required. My right honourable friend has agreed therefore to sponsor the establishment of a Co-ordinating Committee on Marine Science and Technology (CCMST). He expects to announce the terms of reference and composition of the CCMST in the autumn.