§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make £70,000 available, as a matter of urgency, to provide the Jerry Lewis muscle research centre at Hammersmith hospital with electrophoresis analytical equipment necessary to advance research work on muscular dystrophy with the objective of developing a treatment or cure for this disease.
§ Dr. VaughanNo. This centre is currently funded by a voluntary organisation. Financial assistance from the National Health Service is a matter for the health authorities concerned, but research activities are more appropriately funded by the Government agency for the support of biomedical research, the Medical Research Council, or by voluntary organisations.