§ Lord Jenkin of Rodingasked Her Majesty's Government: What support they are giving to the proposal by Cambridge University to build a primate research centre either in Cambridge or in a guarded military facility elsewhere.[HL13]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Sainsbury of Turville)The Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge won an open competition for a share of the £750 million joint infrastructure fund (JIF).
An international panel of experts reviewed all bids to the fund on the basis of scientific excellence. The JIF funders supported the Cambridge neuroscience project because it was judged to be one of the best in the biosciences field. The university was awarded £24 million towards the cost of the project.