§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much money has been spent by the Medical Research Council on human embryo research in each year since 1974–75.
§ Mr. BrookeI understand that in the last four financial years the Medical Research Council estimates that it has spent the following sums on human embryo research:
£'000 1980–81 840 1981–82 892 1982–83 971 1983–84 990 No figures are available for MRC expenditure on research in this area prior to 1980–81.