HC Deb 18 April 1972 vol 835 c61W
Mr. David Watkins

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the cost of arranging and holding the hearing at Fleet, Hampshire, on 22nd February, 1972, to decide on the reference made by him of the decision of the Durham Local Medical Committee to uphold the prescription of Alphosyl shampoo for a patient by a doctor in County Durham.

Mr. Alison

The hearing at Fleet was an oral hearing involving other cases. The Durham case was included only because it was a case in which the appellant did not wish to make oral representations, and the extra cost was therefore minimal.