HC Deb 08 May 1990 vol 172 c85W
Mr. French

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has any plans to increase the level of funding for research into tinnitus.

Mr. Jackson

I have been asked to reply.

It is for the Medical Research Council (MRC) to decide on the balance of funding for the areas of research within its responsibility. It is currently funding research into tinnitus and, although no major new initiative is planned in this field, the MRC is always willing to consider sound proposals for research which will be considered in competition with other applications.