§ Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many foreign survey teams have been engaged in mineral surveys in British Antarctica.
§ Mr. AmerySystematic geological surveys are a routine activity of all the nations engaged in Antarctic research. All scientific investigations in the Antarctic are covered by the provisions of the Antarctic Treaty and the results of geological research carried out in the British Antarctic territory by scientists from Argentina, Chile, USSR, the United Kingdom and the United States are freely exchanged in accordance with that treaty. There have been no foreign survey teams specifically searching for minerals in the British Antarctic territory.