§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the members of the Medicines Control Agency and the interest each one has in(a) local, (b) national and (c) international drug companies. [113614]
§ Ms StuartThe Medicines Control Agency is an executive agency of the Department of Health and is accountable direct to Ministers. It has over 500 staff who are Civil Servants and subject to all the normal Civil Service employment rules, including those on interests in commercial concerns.