§ 80. Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenportasked the Minister of Health if he will indicate the saving to the National Health Service, including the teaching hospitals, resulting from the fall in the prices of corticosteroids between April, 1958, and December, 1958, inclusive.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithI regret the information is not available.
§ 90. Mr. Reader Harrisasked the Minister of Health if he will institute an inquiry into the rate of profit retained by corticosteroid manufacturers in the United Kingdom on supplies of these products to the National Health Service which was accepted as reasonable by the purchasing authorities of his Department prior to the recent drop in the prices of these drugs.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithNo. Until July, 1958, corticosteroids were purchased centrally by competitive tender and the prices are considered to have been fair and reasonable.