§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the payments by the National Health Service to the 20 pharmaceutical companies who received the greatest amount of money in each of the last four years; and if he will list those amounts.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI cannot disclose the details given to our Department by companies of their total sales of NHS medicines for each financial year as they are provided in confidence because of their commercial value.