§ Captain Kerbyasked the Minister of Health what is the name of the firm from which hospital authorities purchase lysergic acid diethylamide for use in National Health Service hospitals; from which country these supplies are imported; and whether, in the light of the potent action of this drug, tests of its purity and its reactions are made before it is used in this country.
§ Mr. RobinsonSandoz Products Limited, Switzerland; tests of purity are carried out by the firm in the course of manufacture and the pharmocological effects of the drug are well known.