§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of any contracts for research which his Department has placed with universities or colleges of advanced technology, and of the value of such contracts.
§ Mr. RossA list of current research so commissioned is set out below. It does not include cases where my Departments only pay a grant in aid of research, or arrangements made with individual members of university staffs.
established at Law Hospital, Lanarkshire; and what staff he intends to approve for its operation.
§ Mr. RossIt is for the Regional Hospital Board to decide when the casu- 235W alty department at Law Hospital should be commissioned and what staff should be allotted to it. I am informed by the Board that it hopes to commission the unit during the financial year 1967–68 and account will be taken of this in allocating funds to it.
§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what additional consultant and other medical staff he proposes to appoint to the orthopaedic department at Law Hospital, Lanarkshire. in view of the present shortage of medical staff, which is affecting the service to patients.
§ Mr. RossThis is a matter for the Regional Hospital Board, but I understand that it has no proposals at present to increase the staffing level of this department.