Dr. Jegerasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council whether, in view of the fact that restriction of the annual grant to the Medical Research Council to the current level may automatically enforce reductions in the volume of research owing to increased costs of material goods, salaries and services, he will confer with the Chancellor of the Exchequer with a view to increasing the next grant and so avoid endangering the national effort in medical research.
§ Mr. MolsonMy noble Friend is well aware of the importance of maintaining the national effort in medical research to the fullest extent compatible with the146W present general situation, and when the Council's estimates have been received he will be prepared to make such representations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer as may seem advisable in the circumstances.