§ 28. Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he proposes to exercise additional control over the amount spent on drugs in the National Health Service.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe working of the pharmaceutical price regulation scheme is currently being reviewed.410W Meanwhile, as part of the measures to control public expenditure during the current financial year, we have secured the co-operation of the pharmaceutical industry in reducing prices of all National Health Service medicines by an average of 2.5 per cent. from 1 August.