§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement about the implementation of his proposals for restricting the sale of certain veterinary products.
§ Mr. StrangThe Medicines (Exemptions from Restrictions on the Retail Sale or Supply of Veterinary Drugs) Order 1977 will come fully into effect on 1st February 1980, when certain transitional provisions expire. My right hon. Friends the Minister, the Secretaries of State for Social Services, Scotland, Northern Ireland and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Wales, expect shortly to make a further order adding compound calcium borogluconate injections and injectable preparations of Vitamin A, D and E to the list of products covered by the 1977 order, and generally up-dating the schedules to that order. The provisions of the order are being reviewed by the Veterinary Products Committee, but this review is not yet sufficiently advanced for a statement on progress to be made. I do however appreciate the desire of the trade to be 387W kept fully in touch with developments, and my Department expects to be able to issue an information paper about the review early in the new year.