HC Deb 26 July 1977 vol 936 c133W
32. Mr. Hoyle

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will have talks with the Medical Research Council and the trade union concerned to stop the closure of their Demyelinating Diseases Unit at Newcastle which is currently at the forefront of research into multiple sclerosis.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

No. This is a matter for the scientific judgment of the Medical Research Council, which has decided to close the unit on the grounds that without a director of the required calibre it can no longer do its work effectively.