§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to reject NICE recommendations for further commercially sponsored clinical trials in circumstances where his Department has already ruled out such trials as uneconomic. [97309]
§ Mr. DenhamThe decision to fund, or not to fund a piece of research should continue to be taken case by case, but ultimately by the research funding body in question in accordance with their particular remit.