§ Dr. HampsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether it remains his intention to promote the prescribing and dispensing of generic pharmaceuticals in original packs as announced by his Department on 8 November 1988; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyProgress on systematic introduction of original pack dispensing was originally halted by the failure of the medical bodies and the manufacturers to agree on common standard pack sizes. We plan to institute a new round of consultations with the medical and pharmaceutical professions and the pharmaceutical industry with a view to resolving this difficulty.