§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his reply of 9 December, Official Report c. 586, if he will publish the information he has on the payment of voluntary compensation by pharmaceutical companies to those damaged by drugs.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergI am aware of only two instances, relating to the drugs thalidomide and practolol, in which companies established compensation schemes for injury associated with medicinal products. There may be other instances in which companies have agreed compensation with individual patients.