HC Deb 02 May 1966 vol 727 cc72-3W
Mr. Ron Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what discussions take place regularly with other countries in a joint effort to find a cure for cancer.

Mr. Goronwy Roberts

Much information on developments in cancer research is disseminated between countries through scientific journals and through visits abroad by individual scientists, but conferences on cancer and related subjects are frequently held under the auspices of international organisations, notably the International Union against Cancer which has close links with the World Health Organisation. The most important recent development has been the establishment of the International Agency for Research on Cancer which my right hon. Friend announced in the House on 2nd November, 1965.