§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if the Medical Research Council co-ordinates all the cancer research undertaken in the United Kingdom.
§ Mrs. ThatcherNo. The co-ordination of research in the cancer field is chiefly in the hands of the Co-ordinating Committee on Cancer Research set up jointly in July, 1970, by the Medical Research Council, the Cancer Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. The Committee includes representatives of the three founding bodies, the directors of the three major cancer research institutes in the United Kingdom which receive grants from the founding bodies, and observers from the health departments. The Medical Research Council keeps in close touch with the work which is being carried out in universities and
240Wan impending reduction in numbers in accordance with Government policy.
§ Mr. David HowellThe information is as follows:
other centres, both nationally and internationally, which does not fall within the scope of the joint co-ordinating committee