§ 32. Miss Fookesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services when she will announce her decision on quantity licensing of private medicine outside the National Health Service.
§ Mrs. CastleI have nothing at present to add to my reply to the right hon. Member for Wanstead and Woodford (Mr. Jenkin) on 1st March.—[Vol. 906, c.478–9.]
§ 42. Mr. Hicksasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether the Government's proposals to limit the quantity of private medicine outside the National Health Service will be referred to the Royal Commission.
§ Mrs. CastleI am continuing my consultations with the medical and dental professions and other interested bodies on the control of development in the private sector of medicine. The position of the Royal Commission in this matter remains as stated by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister when he announced its setting up on 20th October.—[Vol. 898, c. 35–45.]