asked the Minister of Overseas Development what progress has been made with the proposed Institute of Development Studies.

The Formation Committee which was set up in July last year produced a detailed plan for the establishment of the Institute on the campus of the University of Sussex. The general lines of this plan have now been accepted. An Acting Director and Administrative Secretary are already in post and steps are being taken to recruit further teaching staff in the near future. The Institute will be incorporated as an autonomous institution with a governing body, the chairman of which will be the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sussex, and this will include distinguished people from this country and abroad. The Institute will start active operations in the autumn.