"Since cork can modulate temperature and damp sound, " says Ms. Moura Guedes, "it could turnupin large public spaces, terminals or restaurants" and be applied beyond existing soundproofing usage in recording studios.
But Labour's white paper, outlining the devolution proposals, says that the British and Scottish governments will have to agree to a common position before they turnupin Brussels, which simply makes public the debate that has always taken place in private between the Scottish secretary and his cabinet colleagues.