HC Deb 20 March 1990 vol 169 c552W
40. Mrs. Rosie Barnes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations contained in the report of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology: "Priorities in Medical Care".

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The Government published their response to the Committee in December 1989. This announced the creation of a new post of chief of research and development for NHS and Department of Health research. An advertisement for that position has recently been published.