§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether the Committee on Safety of Medicines at any time suggested to him or his officials that the age below which aspirin should not be given because of the risk of Reye's syndrome should be 16 years.
§ Mr. Hayhoe[pursuant to his reply, 10 July 1986]: The Committee on Safety of Medicines carefully considered various age limits, including one of 16 years, before deciding on 29 May 1986 in the light of the provisional findings of the risk factor study of the British Reye's Syndrome Surveillance Scheme to recommend that aspirin should not he given to children under 12 except on medical advice.