HC Deb 20 July 1989 vol 157 cc253-4W
Mr. Cousins

To 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. Jackson

The Medical Research Council has set up an expert group on osteoporosis, under the chairmanship

Research 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. Jackson

The 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.