§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will take steps to ensure that all generic medicines are labelled with their country of origin.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe inclusion of this information on labels is not considered necessary. For any medicinal product, including a generic product, to be marketed in the United Kingdom, the Department of Health and Social Security as the Medicines Act licensing authority has to be satisfied that the product is safe, efficacious and of good
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Persons under pension age excluding the unemployed 1,295 1,514 1,773 2,097 2,527 2,594 Unemployed persons 1,483 2,814 3,421 3,642 3,765 4,084 Persons over pension age 3,545 3,620 3,625 3,316 3,016 3,301 Source: 100 per cent. count of cases in action.