§ Mr. Dormandasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will take steps to designate 1972 as Cancer Research Year; and if she will launch it with an Exchequer grant double that awarded to the Medical Research Council in the current year and arrange a publicity campaign to stimulate voluntary donations during that year.
§ Mrs. ThatcherNo.
§ Mr. Dormandasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations have been made to her as a result of the recent visit of the United States Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to this country to discuss cancer research.
§ Mrs. ThatcherNone.
§ Mr. Dormandasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what funds have been allocated from the Exchequer for the current year in the international project to find a cure for cancer; and what are the expected allocations for the next three years.
§ Mrs. ThatcherThe United Kingdom is subscribing£100,000 in 1971–72 to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, which is the only international project at present operating in this field. This is in addition to an estimated£2.25 million to be spent by the Medical Research Council on its own programmes within this country and the Commonwealth, and other provision by the Health Departments and through the University Grants Committee for which figures are not available. Figures for future years have yet to be decided.