§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects the Medical Research Council to report on the criteria and techniques of screening for osteoporosis.
Mr. JacksonThe Medical Research Council has set up an expert group on osteoporosis, under the chairmanship
254WResearch Council has to expand its work in the field of satellite remote sensing; and what would be the financial implication of any such expansion.
Mr. JacksonThe Natural Environment Research Council's published corporate plan for the period 1990–91 to 1994–95 states that the council plans developments in the use of remote sensing techniques and will seek to promote applications development in preparation for satellite programmes in the 1990s. It will be for the council to decide its specific research priorities within the overall resources available.