§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will take action to ensure that there is a clear distinction between those medicines normally prescribed by a doctor and those that are available for purchase in shops other than those of dispensing chemists, with a view to the abolition of resale price maintenance on the latter list by giving them another designation to exempt them from the ruling of the Restrictive Practices Court on medicines.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantNo. It is for the court to decide whether a particular product falls within its ruling exempting medicaments from the ban on retail price maintenance. We do not intend to introduce legislation to change the effect of the court's decision.