§ Mr. Terry DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money is given by his Department for research into the prevention and treatment of thalassaemia.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 16 January 1989]The Department is not directly funding research into the prevention and treatment of thalassaemia.
The main agency through which the Government support medical and related biological research is the Medical Research Council (MRC), which receives a grant-in-aid from the Department of Education and Science. I understand that the MRC is funding a number of research projects into the prevention and treatment of thalassaemia.