HC Deb 21 February 1983 vol 37 c360W
Mr. Mike Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the cheapest drug tariff part VA price for each of the following drugs and for the most expensive branded form of the drug currently generally available to National Health Service prescribers: methyldopa, frusemide, nitrazepam, ampicillin, diazepam, imipramine, amitryptiline, indomethacin and propranolol; and, for the most recent year for which figures are available, what was the difference between the total cost of these drugs to the National Health Service and the cost of the same drugs at the lowest price.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

I shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.