§ The Countess of Marasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will fund a meeting of medical research scientists, one from Spain and one from Hungary in London, so that an exchange of information on the neuropsychiatric and cardiac effects of exposure to organophosphates can take place between them and medical research from the United Kingdom with a view to future collaboration.
§ The Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Fraser of Carmyllie)No. The funding of international exchanges of medical research scientists is a matter for individual Departments and Research Councils (primarily the Medical Research Council), to determine on the basis of the scientific merit of such exchanges and in the light of their own overall policy 109WA responsibilities and scientific strategies. The 1996 Forward Look of Government-funded Science, Engineering and Technology, which sets out these strategies, was published on 21st May.