§ Mr. ElletsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment her Department has made of the likely effect of the Government's proposed extension of the limited list on the pharmaceutical industry's international competitiveness and its export achievements.
§ Dr. MawhinneyI refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Linlithgow (Mr. Dalyell) on 26 November at column810. The relative competitiveness of the United Kingdom pharmaceutical industry and its export achievements depend on many factors in both the United Kingdom and other key pharmaceutical markets.