§ 78. Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what research, financed by her Department, is being undertaken in the British Indian Ocean territory.
§ Mrs. ThatcherResearch 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.