§ The Rev. Martin SmythTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when the £4 million pharmaceutical price retail scheme ceiling over which an annual financial return was required from the pharmaceutical industry was last approved; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyPharmaceutical suppliers with sales of £4 million or more to the national health service have been required to submit annual financial returns to the Department under the terms of the pharmaceutical price regulation scheme since 1984. The present scheme is due for renegotiation next year.