§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will take action to ensure that taxpayers' money is not wasted by the National Health Service by the purchase of medicine where no advantage over placebo has been discovered as instanced in the two examples sent to him by the hon. Member for Willesden, West.
§ Sir K. JosephA number of published clinical trials have also suggested that deglycyrrhizinized liquorice is of value so I feel it must be left to the doctor to decide whether this treatment is appropriate for his patient.