§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if his committee of scientific experts has started work on the questions put to him regarding European cancer research by the hon. Member for Linlithgow, Official Report, column 306, 18 December; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. ChalkerYes. The Committee of EC cancer experts set up following the December Foreign Affairs Council will meet for the first time on 24 January in Brussels. Its task is to make recommendations for a coordinated plan of action to combat cancer in EC member states. The United Kingdom's representative will be Professor Norman Bleehen, honorary director, Medical Research Council unit of clinical oncology and radiotherapeutics.