§ 7. Mr. Pavittasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will arrange with the manufacturers of pharmaceutical products to declare the names of doctors and details of amounts paid in respect of fees for participation in local drug trials.
§ Mr. PavittWill the Minister reconsider that decision? Is he aware that all of these fees are taxable and that there is a suspicion that some part of them represents drug sales promotion? Is he aware that the voluntary price regulation scheme of the Secretary of State for Social Services enables all these figures to be easily accessible? It would save doctors a lot of time if there were a centralised collection of them, so that doctors did not have to send in forms.
§ Mr. NottThe hon. Member asked about this on 19th June and we have 705 since looked into it, but we have been unable to find evidence of such payments being made and the Department of Health and Social Security is unaware of such practice. If the hon. Member has a specific case in mind, perhaps he would let me know.