HC Deb 27 January 1994 vol 236 c380W
Mr. Morley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research her Department has funded into the possible effects of non-human somatotropins on diabetics and people with liver complaints.

Mr. Sackville

The Department is not at present undertaking research into the possible effects of non-human somatotropins on diabetics and people with liver complaints. The main agency through which the Government support 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.