HC Deb 13 March 1990 vol 169 cc180-1W
Mr. Tredinnick

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he proposes to discuss with EEC representatives the different legal arrangements for United Kingdom practitioners of complementary medicine and those of Community countries which have legislated for treatment under Napoleonic laws; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Freeman

No. Practitioners of complementary medicine are able to practice in the United Kingdom subject only to those provisions of statute and civil law which apply. Legislation enacted by other Community countries will not affect the right to practise complementary therapy in this country.