§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services on the basis of the information sent to him by the hon. Member for Willesden, West, what is his estimate of the present amount included in the National Health Service drug bill in respect of the pharmaceutical industries representatives.
§ Dr. John DunwoodyUntil information is available from the new voluntary price regulation scheme we shall not be able to make any reliable estimate of12W this amount. My hon. Friend has supplied information suggesting that expenditure on representatives might be of the order of £13 million a year. We will bear this figure in mind but not all of this would be in respect of supplies to the National Health Service.