HC Deb 09 November 1964 vol 701 cc21-2W
Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when the International Centre for Cancer Research will open; and what will be the contribution of the United Kingdom and of the other sponsoring powers, respectively.

Mr. M. Stewart

Following a meeting of official representatives in Paris on 28th September to 2nd October, 1964, the Governments of France, Federal Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States of America are considering a recommendation that they should jointly sponsor, at the next World Health Assembly, a resolution and draft statute intended to establish an International Agency for Research on Cancer, and to provide for its financing.