§ Mr. Whitlockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the progress which has been made in setting up the second English out-station of the Institute of Hearing Research.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisI am pleased to announce that approval has now been given to the setting-up of the institute's second English out-station at Nottingham. The out-station will be the largest of the institute's out-stations in Great Britain and will be located at the general hospital in premises to be specially adapted for the purpose, which will also contain the resited hearing aid centre. This represents a joint development with the health authority, designed to provide both research facilities and improved accommodation for hearing aid fitting and rehabilitation. It is expected that the first appointments to the new out-station's team will be made during the summer and that the premises will be fully operational by the end of the year.