§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list all the research work being financed by her Department directly or indirectly into a cure or method of preventing multiple sclerosis ; if she is satisfied with the efforts being made to overcome the problems associated with this illness ; and if, in view of evidence that younger people are now contracting multiple sclerosis, she will give urgent attention to this problem.
§ Mrs. ThatcherThe Medical Research Council supports research work into multiple sclerosis at its demyelinating diseases unit and is also currently making 12 grants for other work, mostly in university departments, directed towards improving understanding of the fundamental causes of the disease. Other research in university departments is funded through the University Grants Committee.
As far as I am aware, there is no evidence that the disease is affecting younger people than it did formerly.