HC Deb 25 March 1980 vol 981 c485W
50. Mr. Ashley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what further steps he proposes to take to improve the safety of medical drugs.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

In conjunction with other Health Ministers of the United Kingdom, I shall continue to exercise the powers contained in the Medicines Act and to take full account of the advice received from the Medicines Commission, the Committee on Safety of Medicines and the Committee on Review of Medicines and other advisory bodies.