HC Deb 06 February 1989 vol 146 c464W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what facilities currently exist at Southampton for the support of environmental research vessels; and how many staff are employed there.

Mr. Jackson

Southampton has a deep-water port that is well suited to environment research vessels. I understand that support facilities and staff for their proposed oceanographic centre would be organised by the Natural Environment Research Council.