§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has as to the numbers of stolen prescriptions which were processed by chemists in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythWhere a chemist is presented with a prescription which he suspects is being used fraudulently, he would not process it but would alert the police. It is not possible to say how many fraudulent prescriptions are not detected at this stage and are inadvertently dispensed.