Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Drayson on 3 December (WA 67), what were the original objectives; why they were not fulfilled within the original timescale; and how the additional time will meet the objectives unless research costs are met.
Answer
I refer the noble Lord to my previous Answers of 19 May 2009 (col. WA 290) and 5 May 2009 (col. 95W), in which the original objectives are outlined. I will ask the chief executive of the Medical Research Council to write to the noble Lord with further information on the progress of this ongoing study. A copy of his letter will be placed in the Library of the House.