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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1575
National Health (Financial support to Medical Research Council (MRC))

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 94
Themes: Public spending & borrowing, Science & technology, Health policy, Higher & further education

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Date Value Title
84 Jul 26 Th Major Health: Earl Jellicoe letter to MT (financial difficulties of the Medical Research Council) [request for meeting] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 27 Fr Major Health: Joseph minute to MT ("The Medical Research Council (MRC): Constraints on Funds for Research Grants") [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 29 Su Major Health: Fowler minute to MT ("The Medical Research Council: Constraints on Funds for Research Grants") ['I agree strongly with [Joseph's] conclusions...about the disproportionate harm which is being done by the cuts in the MRC budget'] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 30 Mo Major Health: Department of Education and Science letter to No.10 (Medical Research Council: financial position) [DHSS recommends that MT meet with Jellicoe and Gowans] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 31 Tu Major Health: Barclay minute to MT ("MRC Meeting") [proposed MT meeting with Earl Jellicoe and Sir James Gowans of the Medical Research Council] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Aug 2 Th Major Health: No.10 letter to Department of Education and Science ("Medical Research Council") [MT agrees to meet with Earl Jellicoe and Sir James Gowans of the Medical Research Council] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Aug 3 Fr Major Health: MT letter to Earl Jellicoe (financial position of the Medical Research Council) [MT agrees to meet with Earl Jellicoe and Sir James Gowans] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Aug 3 Fr Major Health: Nicholson minute to Barclay ("Medical Research Council") [financial position of the MRC; Nicholson's discussion with Sir James Gowans] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Aug 29 We Major Health: Nicholson minute to MT ("Meeting with Earl Jellicoe and Sir James Gowans to Discuss the Medical Research Council's Financial Problems: 30 August") [brief for meeting] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Aug 30 Th Major Health: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Earl Jellicoe-Sir James Gowans-Joseph-Clarke-Nicholson) [financial position of the Medical Research Council] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Sep 7 Fr Major Health: Earl Gowrie letter to MT (follow-up to meeting on financial position of the Medical Research Council) [thanks for meeting] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Sep 13 Th Major Health: Sir James Gowans letter to MT (follow-up to meeting on financial position of the Medical Research Council) ['As we told you, we are concerned that the future of medical research in the UK is being severely damaged by the progressive erosion of the Council's budget'] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Sep 14 Fr Major Health: Nicholson minute to Flesher (financial position of the Medical Research Council) [follow-up to meeting with Jellicoe and Gowans; Nicholson requests assistance from No.10 with handling of HMT] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Oct 5 Fr Major Health: MT letter to Sir James Gowans (financial position of the Medical Research Council) [follow-up to meeting with Jellicoe and Gowans] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 12 Fr Major Health: Nicholson minute to Addison ("The Use of Contingency Funds by the Research Councils") [declassified Dec 2014]