§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what applications he has received to vary product licences in respect of imported heat-treated factor VIII; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThree existing licences for factor VIII have been varied to provide for the inclusion of heat treatment during manufacture and the new licences to which I referred in my reply of 20 February to my hon. Friend the Member for Peterborough (Dr. Mawhinney) at columns 498–500 have now been granted.
§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what evaluation has been made by his Department of the relative economics of self-sufficiency and continued importation of factor VIII products; and if he will make the results public.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI refer my hon. Friend to my reply to the hon. Member for Portsmouth, South (Mr. Hancock) on 19 February, at columns 446–7.