§ Mr. WardTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will respond to the statement made by the Pharmaceutical Society setting out its concerns about the quantity of tranquillisers still being prescribed.
§ Mr. FreemanI welcome the concern shown by the Royal Phamaceutical Society of Great Britain about the need to avoid incorrect prescribing of benzodiazepines. As its statement makes clear, the Committee on Safety of Medicines has already given guidelines on the use of benzodiazepines.