§ Mr. Kenneth Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he will set out a comparison of the levels of production and productivity achieved in the coal industry in the first nine months of every year from 1970 to 1978, inclusive.
§ Mr. EadieThe information requested is as follows:
the last two financial years only. The details are as follows:
PLACE OF WORK AND TITLE OF PROJECT
MRC Unit on the Experimental Pathology of Skin, Birmingham:
Investigation, by clinical, biochemical and ultrastructural methods, of patients with psoriasis and other diseases involving abnormal keratinisation.Department of Pathology, University of Dundee:
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- (i) Effects of photoactivated drugs on chromosome structure;
- (ii) The genetic basis of psoriasis: an investigation of the possibility of an inherited defect in the epithelial cells.
Department of Dermatology, University of Dundee:
A study of the pharmacokinetics of 8- methoxy psoralen.Institute of Dermatology, University of London:
- (i) Antagonism amongst cutaneous microorganisms;
- (ii) Oral 8—methoxy psoralen photochemotherapy compared with a conventional dithranol treatment in psoriasis.
Department of Dermatology, University of Newcastle:
Prostaglandin synthesis, sebum and acne, and epidermal growth regulation: studies requiring L.S. spectrophotometry.Department of Clinical Pharmocology, University of Newcastle:
Clinical pharmacology of drugs used in the treatment of skin disease.The cost in 1976–77 and 1977–78 was £91,000 and £123,000 respectively.
In addition the council supported, and still supports, a wide range of research in the field of dermatology which, while not specific to psoriasis, might well provide information which has a bearing on the condition. Total MRC spending on research relevant to the skin was £918.000 in 1976–77 and £1.3 million in 1977–78.
Research on psoriasis is also carried out in universities and hospital medical schools with some support from voluntary bodies such as the Psoriasis Association, but details are not available.