HC Deb 06 May 1971 vol 816 c412W
Mr. Pardoe

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science why, and how, the Natural Environmental Research Council studies the structure of the skin and pelage of British seals at different stages in the life cycle.

Mrs. Thatcher

This is part of a general study to see if colonies of seals from different places have distinguishing characteristics in their skin and fur. So far the study has been confined to examination of the broad form of the body.