HC Deb 15 December 1966 vol 738 c128W
38. Mr. Pavitt

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when the Medical Research Council last supported a research project into sensory-neural deafness; and why five recent proposals submitted for research programmes in this field were rejected.

Mr. Goronwy Roberts

Research on these problems forms the entire programme of the Medical Research Council's Otological Research Unit. The Council is also supporting related work in university departments and other work of a more fundamental nature.

I cannot say why any particular application for a research grant has been rejected; the allocation of grants is a matter entirely for the Council.