HC Deb 14 December 1998 vol 322 c359W
Jackie Ballard

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans the Medical Control Agency has to review the status of soft licence herbal remedies. [63085]

Ms Jowell

There is no category of soft licensed herbal remedies in the United Kingdom. Herbal remedies require marketing authorisation, unless exempted from the requirement for a product licence under the terms of Section 12 of the Medicines Act 1968.