§ Mr. Pavittasked the Lord Privy Seal what aid has been given in recent years to assist developing countries to establish 401W their own quality control centres in order to monitor the standards of imported drugs.
§ Mr. Neil MartenNo requests have recently been received from individual developing countries for assistance of this nature. The World Health Organisation, to which the United Kingdom contributes both financially and by the provision of expertise, is giving increased priority to an action programme on essential drugs. This is designed to increase the capacities of developing countries in this field, including drug procurement and quality control.