HC Deb 04 December 1987 vol 123 c752W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funds his Department has provided for the work of Professor Alec Jeffreys at Leicester university on DNA testing; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Renton

The Department has not funded Professor Jeffreys for his work on DNA profiling. We have, however, agreed to pay him £2,500 for his assistance with pilot trials involving DNA testing in immigration cases.

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