§ Mr. John Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) whether any measures have been taken to warn physicians and surgeons who may have cause to prescribe sodium valporate in any of its forms of its possible adverse effects; and if he is satisfied with these measures;
(2) whether the drug sodium valporate is at present being prescribed as an approved National Health Service drug; if so, whether its approval is in the same terms as it was one and two years ago, respectively; and whether he will set out the terms of such approval;
(3) what recent evaluation has been carried out by the Committee on Safety of Medicine on the use of sodium valporate; and whether he will publish its findings.
§ Sir George YoungI shall let the right hon. and learned Gentleman have a reply as soon as possible.