HC Deb 15 May 1989 vol 153 cc3-4W
Mr. Ashley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the research commissioned by his Department into the relationship between cancer and radiation in the last 30 years.

Mr. Jackson

Since 1976 the Medical Research Council, which receives its grant-in-aid through my Department, has supported a total of 191 projects relevant to the relationship between cancer and radiation—both in its own establishments and through its grant schemes. I am

Mr. Butcher

Last year Professor Peter Mittler, director of the centre for educational guidance and special needs at the university of Manchester, accepted my right hon. Friend's invitation to become a member of the Schools Examination and Assessment Council.