§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will appoint an investigatory therapeutic committee to eliminate from the next edition of the British National Formulary drugs which do not meet the committee's standards of efficiency, with the objective of eliminating old remedies and making positive savings to the drugs bill of the National Health Service.
§ Dr. VaughanThe British National Formulary is produced by the joint formulary committee of the British Medical Association and the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. My right hon. Friend has no direct responsibility for the contents. The safety, quality and efficacy of medicines are controlled under the Medicines Act 1968: all medicines on the market are currently being assessed with the advice of the Committee on the Review of Medicines.