HC Deb 28 March 1996 vol 274 c748W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 11 December,Official Report, column 522, if Dr. Janet Derbyshire, Professor Michael Rawlins or Professor Michael Langman were present at the meeting of the Committee on Safety of Medicines held on 13 October 1995. [22525]

Mr. Malone

Proceedings of the committee are confidential.

Mr. Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 14 December,Official Report, column 811, how many orders under schedule 1 to the Medicines Act 1968 have been made with respect to sub-committees of advisory committees set up under the terms of section 4 of the Medicines Act 1968; and if ministerial approval has been given for the establishment of any sub-committee of the Committee on Safety of Medicines as provided for by (a) regulation 6 of the Medicines Commission and Committee Regulations 1970 and (b) paragraph 1(c) of schedule 1 to the Medicines Act 1968. [22526]

Mr. Malone

Schedule 1 to the Medicines Act 1968 does not contain any power to make orders but I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Gordon (Mr. Bruce) on 14 December 1995 at column811, which stated that one set of regulations has been made under that schedule.

Ministers have approved the establishment of each of the three sub-committees of the Committee on Safety of Medicines as required by regulation 6(1) of those regulations.