HC Deb 10 December 1970 vol 808 c162W
78. Mr. Dalyell

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what research, financed by her Department, is being undertaken in the British Indian Ocean territory.

Mrs. Thatcher

Research into the geology, evolution and ecology of the area is being undertaken by the Royal Society, the Natural History Museum and the National Institute of Oceanography, a component body of the Natural Environment Research Council. The council has also made grants to university teams to carry out research in the area.