Mr. Jacksonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to introduce legislation to abolish the licence of right for pharmaceutical products.
§ Mr. PattieThe Government intend to include legislation to relieve pharmaceuticals for human use from the licence of right of provisions of schedule 1 to the Patents Act 1977 in a Bill which will implement proposals in the White Paper "Intellectual Property and Innovation" (Cmnd. 9712). This Bill will be introduced as soon as the parliamentary timetable permits.