§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average period between notification of possible dangerous side effects of drugs and action actually being taken against them in the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeFigures are not available in this form. A recently published analysis of the warnings issued by the Committee on Safety of Medicines concluded however that, in 1981 and 1982, information about adverse reactions was given to doctors much more quickly than in earlier years.