§ Mr. Kenneth Bakerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate the cost, on the basis of the figures for the last financial year, of paying unemployment benefit to those people thrown out of work by strikes in which they were not involved.
§ Mr. EnnalsIt is estimated that the cost in the last financial year of amending
14Wdin, Butazolidin, Tanderil (Oxyphenbutazone), and Indocid (Indomethacin).
§ Mr. CrossmanFollowing are the approximate basic costs payable to National Health Service retail pharmacies for the quantities indicated, and the prices at which the same drugs have been offered to hospitals in the London area, together with the remuneration payable per prescription to cover the cost of dispensing in retail pharmacies:
the trade dispute disqualification for unemployment benefit on the lines proposed by my right hon. Friend, the First Secretary, on 16th April, would have been something of the order of £½ million.