§ Mr. Alfred MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Minister of State's reply to the right hon. Member for Manchester, Wythenshawe, on 23 October about the prescribing of erythropoietin for patients with kidney failure, if he has now assessed the information received from health authorities about the likely need for the drug and its expenditure implications; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyI have nothing to add to the reply that my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Putney (Mr. Mellor) gave to the right hon. Member and my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby and Kenilworth (Mr. Pawsey) on 23 October at columns316–17.