HC Deb 20 January 1987 vol 108 c514W
Mr. Ron Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what recent representations he has received favouring the relocation of the Royal Greenwich observatory to Edinburgh; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Dunn

My right hon. Friend has recently received one such letter. There has been no change in the situation since my hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham (Mr. Walden) announced on 13 November at column 2 that the necessary approvals in principle had been given in connection with the Science and Engineering Research Council's proposal to move the Royal Greenwich observatory to Cambridge.

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