§ Mr. PickthallTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the numbers of British people suffering from haemochromatosis.
§ Mr. SackvilleInformation is not available on which to base an estimate.
§ Mr. PickthallTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the number of publicly funded research programmes studying the connection between haemochromatosis and diabetes; if she will make a statement about the results from such research; and what is the cost of programmes of research.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe Department is not currently undertaking any such studies into the connection between haemochromatosis and diabetes.
The main agency through which the Government conduct biomedical and clinical research is the Medical Research Council which receives its grant in aid from the office of my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. We understand that the MRC is not currently funding any research into the connection between haemochromatosis and diabetes.