§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Minister of Health whether any payment, and, if so, what amount, was made to the Union Minière du Haut Katanga in respect of the loan, for a period of several years, by that body of a large supply of radium to the Radium Beam Therapy Research, as described in the Report of the Medical Research Council, No. 231, page 7; whether, in the absence of any remuneration for the loan, suitable acknowledgment will be made to the Belgian company; and whether provision will be made from British funds for this necessary equipment for research?
§ Earl WintertonI have been asked to reply. No payment has been made in respect of the loan, but two grammes of the total quantity of 10 grammes originally lent have been purchased for2490W the purposes of the radium beam therapy research, one by the Royal College of Surgeons and one by means of a private benefaction. Public acknowledgment of the generous action of the Belgian company in this matter has been repeatedly made in the reports of the Medical Research Council. As regards the last part of the question, the matter is receiving consideration.