§ Q156. Dr. BrayTo ask the Prime Minister what advice she has received from the Medical Research Council, the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, the Cancer Research Campaign, the United Kingdom Co-ordinating Committee for Cancer Research, the Advisory Council on Science and Technology or any other body regarding the £6 million grant to a London hospital for a cyclotron for neutron and proton therapy; and if she will make a statement.
§ The Prime MinisterThe Minister for Health announced on 7 June the award of a grant to the Cyclotron Trust as a contribution towards the charitable funds it is raising to provide a cyclotron at St. Thomas's hospital to improve the care of cancer patients. I have received a letter from Sir Raymond Hoffenberg, chairman of the United Kingdom Co-ordinating Committee on Cancer Research, and a reply has been sent today.