My hon Friend the Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation (Joseph Johnson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

Today I will lay before Parliament a departmental minute describing the purchase of a shareholding in Mercator Océan and the resulting contingent liability.

Copernicus is the EU Earth Observation programme...

My hon Friend the Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation (Joseph Johnson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

Today I will lay before Parliament a departmental minute describing the purchase of a shareholding in Mercator Océan and the resulting contingent liability.

Copernicus is the EU Earth Observation programme...

Today I will lay before Parliament a departmental minute describing the purchase of a shareholding in Mercator Océan and the resulting contingent liability.

Copernicus is the EU Earth Observation programme that monitors the global health of the planet. Mercator Océan is the ‘Coordinating Entity’ for the Copernicus Marine Services which...

Today I will lay before Parliament a departmental minute describing the purchase of a shareholding in Mercator Océan and the resulting contingent liability.

Copernicus is the EU Earth Observation programme that monitors the global health of the planet. Mercator Océan is the ‘Coordinating Entity’ for the Copernicus Marine Services which...

Pelamis Wave Power in Edinburgh has gone into administration with the potential loss of 50 jobs. It is tragic not only because those jobs are lost but because this company comprised the leading experts in wave technology in the world. May we have an urgent statement on what the Government...

Pelamis Wave Power in Edinburgh has gone into administration with the potential loss of 50 jobs. It is tragic not only because those jobs are lost but because this company comprised the leading experts in wave technology in the world. May we have an urgent statement on what the Government...

Just a few moments ago, we had topical questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, so the immediate opportunity to debate that subject in the House has just passed. The hon. Gentleman is quite right to express concern about the jobs in his constituency. There will...

Just a few moments ago, we had topical questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, so the immediate opportunity to debate that subject in the House has just passed. The hon. Gentleman is quite right to express concern about the jobs in his constituency. There will...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will increase financial support to the Arctic Synoptic Basin-Wide Oceanography programme to coincide with the International Polar Year.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will increase financial support to the Arctic Synoptic Basin-Wide Oceanography programme to coincide with the International Polar Year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what preparations her Department has made for the possibility of the UK being struck by a tidal wave.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what preparations her Department has made for the possibility of the UK being struck by a tidal wave.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of (a) which areas of the UK are likely to be affected and (b) the scale of likely damage which would be caused by a tidal wave.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of (a) which areas of the UK are likely to be affected and (b) the scale of likely damage which would be caused by a tidal wave.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research has been carried out into the likelihood of the UK being struck by a tidal wave in the foreseeable future. - Including fact that very low probability.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research has been carried out into the likelihood of the UK being struck by a tidal wave in the foreseeable future. - Including fact that very low probability.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will place a copy of the Marine Currents Energy Extraction: Resource Assessment, Final Report, EU-Joule contract JOU2-CT93-00355 (1994-95) in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will place a copy of the Marine Currents Energy Extraction: Resource Assessment, Final Report, EU-Joule contract JOU2-CT93-00355 (1994-95) in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the accuracy of the information available from the Ordnance Survey on the mean high water springs tide-contour around Britain's coastline.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the accuracy of the information available from the Ordnance Survey on the mean high water springs tide-contour around Britain's coastline.

Why maritime studies are no longer a category of university assessment; in which universities maritime studies are now being carried out; and in which they have recently ceased. [HL 4376].

Why maritime studies are no longer a category of university assessment; in which universities maritime studies are now being carried out; and in which they have recently ceased. [HL 4376].

Statement on the future role of the Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology. [HL 2304] - Includes ref to report setting out the review's conclusions in the Library.

Statement on the future role of the Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology. [HL 2304] - Includes ref to report setting out the review's conclusions in the Library.

Statement on the future role of the Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology. - Inc ref to report of review conclusions in Library as DEP 98/578.

Statement on the future role of the Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology. - Inc ref to report of review conclusions in Library as DEP 98/578.

What is their present information about circulation changes between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans; whether they accept that these changes could result in the climate of Europe becoming similar to present day Labrador; and to what they attribute these changes, revealed in recent studies by the Natural Environment Research Council....

What is their present information about circulation changes between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans; whether they accept that these changes could result in the climate of Europe becoming similar to present day Labrador; and to what they attribute these changes, revealed in recent studies by the Natural Environment Research Council....