The Committee considered this matter.

Draft Report (Investigating the Oceans), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.

Ordered, That the Chairman's draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.

Paragraphs 1 to 308 read and agreed to.

Summary read and agreed to.

Annex A read and agreed to.

Acronyms and abbreviations read and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Tenth Report of the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee

be reported to the House.

Ordered, That the Chairman make the Report to the House.

Ordered, That embargoed copies of the Report be made available, in accordance with the

provisions of Standing Order No. 134.

Several Memoranda were ordered to be reported to the House for printing with the Report, together with written evidence reported and ordered to be published on 1 May 2007.

[Adjourned till Wednesday 10 October at 9.00am