HC Deb 19 March 1963 vol 674 cc29-30W
49. Mr. J. Howard

asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what is the Medical Research Council's expenditure from public funds on cancer research in the current financial year.

Mr. Denzil Freeth

It is estimated that the Council will spend about £750,000 from public funds in 1962–63 on research directly related to cancer. This figure is slightly lower than that for 1961–62 because some of the activities previously supported by the Council have reached the stage of development where it has been appropriate for responsibility for them to be taken over by the universities and hospitals.