§ Mr. Hamlingasked the Minister of Health what representations were made to him by the trade union movement on the setting up of a committee to inquire into the relationship between the drug industry and the cost of the National Health Service.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonRepresentations advocating a Committee of Inquiry into the industry were made by the Trades Union Congress and were supported by the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.
§ Mr. Hamlingasked the Minister of Health what representations he received from the Trades Union Congress on the appointment of members to the Committee of Inquiry into the relationship between the drug industry and the cost of the National Health Service.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe General Council put forward two names for consideration.
§ Mr. Hamlingasked the Minister of Health if he is aware that one of the persons appointed to serve on the Committee of Inquiry into the relationship 140W between the drug industry and the cost of the National Health Service in primarily an employer in the jute industry; and why he has not also appointed a person recommended by those representing employees.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonMembers of the Committee were appointed for the contribution they could make to the work of the Committee and not as representatives of particular interests.