§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the nature of the work being undertaken by the Institute of Geological Sciences in Derbyshire and Staffordshire, the type and quality of the minerals being examined and the purpose for which the inquiry is being undertaken.
§ Mrs. ThatcherThe Institute is carrying out a geological survey, including a number of boreholes, of the Derbyshire Dome which is the outcrop of the carboniferous limestone occurring in Derbyshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire. This work, which has been agreed by the Mineral Resources Consultative Committee is part of the programme of research on the nature and quality of limestone in the area.