HC Deb 27 March 1995 vol 257 cc431-2W
38. Mr. Enright

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what proportion of his budget will be allocated to research into ethical, legal and social issues arising out of genome research. [14217]

Mr. Horam

The Medical Research Council expects to spend £15.5 million on the genome initiative in 1995–96. Ethical, social and legal issues will be one aspect of this research, but it is not possible to provide separate figures. The Economic and Social Research Council sponsors social research on the human genome worth around £200,000.

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