asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs what steps are being taken to acquaint the universities, colleges of technology and colleges of education in the area of the Yorkshire and Humberside Planning Region with his plans for research into regional planning and the part that these institutions together with those working in the field might play in this research.

The universities and institutions of higher education in the Yorkshire and Humberside Region will be kept informed through a regional academic advisory committee which the Economic Planning Council have invited them to form, with the council, to assemble data about university research relevant to regional planning and to advise on research projects.