HC Deb 11 March 1986 vol 93 cc417-8W
Mr. Maclennan

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many representations he has received from scientists regarding the future of the Macaulay Institute for Soil Research; and from which institutions and countries they have come.

Mr. John MacKay

My right hon. and learned Friend has received 104 letters from scientists associated with the following organisations:

United Kingdom universities and scientific organizations

  • University of Aberdeen
  • University of Birmingham
  • British Antarctic Survey
  • British Society of Soil Science
  • University of Cambridge
  • British Clay Minerals Group
  • University of Glasgow
  • Institution of Professional Civil Servants
  • Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
  • Macaulay Institute for Soil Research
  • Mineralogical Society
  • North of Scotland College of Agriculture
  • Resource Use Institute Ltd.
  • Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology
  • Schlumberger Cambridge Research Ltd.
  • University of Sheffield
  • University of Strathclyde
  • University College of Wales, Aberystwyth

Overseas universities and organizations

  • CSIRO, Australia
  • University of Adelaide, Australia
  • University of Western Australia
  • University of Leuven, Belgium
  • Agricultural Canada Research Branch, Canada
  • University of Saskatchewan, Canada
  • University of El-Zagazig, Egypt
  • University of the South Pacific, Fiji
  • Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, France
  • Universite Louis Pasteur, France
  • Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, West Germany
  • Technische Universitat Munchen, West Germany
  • Universita degli studi di Napoli, Italy
  • Universita degli studi Pavia, Italy
  • Universita degli studi Torino, Italy
  • Ehime University, Japan
  • Kyushu University, Japan
  • Nagoya University, Japan
  • Agricultural University, Wageningen, Netherlands
  • Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
  • Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Zealand
  • Society of Soil Science, New Zealand
  • Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
  • Agricultural University of Norway
  • Statoil a.s., Norway
  • International Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines
  • University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
  • University of Cukurova, Turkey
  • University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
  • Colorado School of Mines, United States of America
  • United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, United States of America
  • International Humic Substances Society, United States of America
  • Iowa State University, United States of America
  • Michigan State Univeristy, United States of America
  • Mineralogical Society of America, United States of America
  • New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, United States of America
  • Purdue University, United States of America
  • Schlumberger-Doll Research, United States of America
  • Texas A & M University, United States of America
  • International Association for the Study of Clay (AIPEA)
  • International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry