HC Deb 16 April 1986 vol 95 c383W
Mr. Steel

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the proposed closure of the Medical Research Council's unit in King's buildings, Edinburgh university.

Mr. Walden

The unit in question is the Medical Research Council's mammalian genome unit. Decisions on whether to close its establishments are a matter for the council. I understand that the council has been unable to identify a new director for this unit and has therefore decided, in principle, that the unit should close.