Petroleum Industry Research and Development

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 18 December 1973.

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Photo of Mr Dick Douglas Mr Dick Douglas , Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire 12:00, 18 December 1973

Does not the Minister concede that, with the unique opportunity for the development of the North Sea, the special facilities of this establishment should be used to give advice on the design and testing of production platforms for the North Sea, that much more of the establishment's activity should be in the civilian field and that, if necessary, the establishment should be built up and expanded for that purpose?