Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 101268

Genomics

Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 9 January 2026

Question

Alison Hume

LabourScarborough and Whitby

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans her Department has to develop a long-term research strategy into under-researched health conditions that reflects the scale of emerging genetic evidence identified by private

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
The Medical Research Council (MRC), which is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), funds a broad portfolio of health research, including researcher led proposals using combinatorial genomic analysis. MRC has prioritised research into Myalgic Encephal...

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