§ Mr. Eadieasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the progress made in research directed towards the conquest of lung cancer; and how much money has been earmarked for this purpose.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsWork in this field is continuing in Medical Research Council establishments, university departments, hospitals and other centres as part of a wide programme of research on the whole problem of cancer. The results are published in the medical and scientific journals.
No specific sum is earmarked for this research and it is not possible to provide an estimate of total expenditure, but during the year 1967–68 estimated expenditure by the Council on cancer research as a whole was £1.433 million. In addition much fundamental research is in progress which may prove to have an important bearing on this problem.