§ Mr. Montgomeryasked the Minister of Transport whether agreement has now been reached on a code of practice for the improved operation of agency agreements between county councils and district councils in the highways and traffic management fields.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI am glad to say that the Association of County Councils, the Association of District Councils and the Association of Metropolitan Authorities have all now agreed the code of practice drawn up by the joint working 487W party established for that purpose. I understand that the associations are to publish the code this week with a recommendation that their members should have regard to its provisions and the guidance it contains. The Government strongly commend the code to individual local authorities and trust that it will provide a basis for county councils and district councils to work together, in a spirit of co-operation and understanding, to provide an enhanced service to the public.
PROJECTS DIRECTLY SUPPORTED BY THE MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (NONE ARE FOR A FIXFD DURATION Location Project title National Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Neurobiology, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London. Formation of new connections in adult brain after injury. Actual expenditure 1978–79: £72,504. National Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Neurobiology, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London. Recovery after injury in sensory systems. Actual expenditure 1978–79: £52,866. MRC Environmental Physiology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London. Studies of work capacity, muscle function and muscle circulation: (a) physiological; (b) with reference to rehabilitation from limb fractures. Actual expenditure 1978–79: £54,018. MRC Environmental Physiology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London. Changes of gait and posture during rehabilitation after injury and in relation to ataxia and stroke, and ageing. Actual expenditure 1978–79: £47,777. MRC Neurological Prostheses Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London. Bladder and sphincter controller. Actual expenditure 1978–79: £15,650. MRC Neurological Prostheses Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London. Artificial motor pathways. Actual expenditure 1978–79: £25,707. Institute of Neurology, National Hospital. Queen's Square, London. Study of the electrospinogram in healthy subject.-and patients with neurological lesions (including multiple sclerosis). Actual expenditure 1978–79: £11,764. Institute of Neurology. National Hospital, Queen's Square, London. The segmental topography of the human spinalcord: the accessibility of long tracts to operative procedures. Actual expenditure 1978–79: £21,704.
PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY GRANTS FROM THE MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL Location Project title Department of Anatomy, University College London, London. Analysis of sensory signals in the central nervous system. Current Annual Value: £23,072. Tenure: 1972–82. Department of Urology, Southmead Hospital, Bristol. Pathophysiology and clinical management of urinary incontinence. Current Annual Value: £29,697 plus Equipment £3,515. Tenure: 1971–81. Wessex Neurological Centre, University, Southampton. The effect of spinal cord stimulation in human spinal disease and injury and intractable pain. Current Annual Value: £15,366. Tenure: 1977–80. Department of Anatomy, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London. Degeneration studies on vesicle-containing axons in the tracheral epithelium, urinary tract and spinal cord. Current Annual Value: £5,463 plus Equipment£4,998. Tenure: 1978–81.