HC Deb 06 November 1992 vol 213 cc451-2W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the members of the Medicines Commission which dealt with the appeal against the ban on Halcion.

Dr. Mawhinney

The appeal was heard by the Medicines Commission on 15 May 1992. The following members were present:

  • Professor Dame Rosalinde Hurley, DBE, LLB, MD DUniv (Surrey), FRCPath (Chairman). Professor of Microbiology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School's Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of London.
  • Professor I. D. Aitken, PhD, BVMS, MRCVS. Director of Animal Diseases Research Association, Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh.
  • M. J. S. Butler Esq, BSc (Econ). Lecturer in Politics and
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  • Pubic Administration, University of Kent, Former Chairman of Canterbury and Thanet CHC and Former Chairman of Association of CHC's for England and Wales.
  • Dr. M. G. Carter, MB ChB BPharm, DipPharmMed, FRPharmS, MCPP, FFPM, Director, ICI Pharmaceuticals.
  • Professor J. G. Collee, CBE, MD, FRCPath, FRCP(E). Emeritus Professor of Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh.
  • Professor A. D. Dayan, DM, FRCP, FRCPath, FIBiol, FFPM. Professor of Toxicology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
  • Dr. Sheila Gore, MA, PhD. Senior Statistician, Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge.
  • Miss Joan Greenleaf, OBE, BA, FRPharmS. Former Regional Pharmaceutical Officer, North East Thames RHA.
  • B. D. Hoskin, Esq, BVMS, MRCVS. Consultant to Veterinary Pharmaceutical Industry.
  • Professor C. N. Hudson, MChir, FRCS, FRCOG, FRACOG. Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
  • Professor T. M. Jones, BPharm, PhD, FRPharmS, CChem, FRSC, MCPP. Director, Research, Development and Medical, Wellcome Foundation Ltd.
  • Professor D. G. McDevitt, MD, DSc, FRCP, FRCPed, FRCPI, FFPM. Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Dundee.
  • Dr. P. Pietroni, FRCGP, MRCP, DCH. General Medical Practitioner, London, Senior Lecturer in General Practice, Regent's College, Regent's Park, London.
  • Professsor John Rhodes, MD, FRCOP, BSc, ChB. General Physician, University Hospital of Wales.
  • Professor P. S. J. Spencer, BPharm, PhD (London) DSc (Wales) CBiol, FIBiol, MCPP, FRPharmS. Professor of Pharmacology and Head of School, Welsh School of Pharmacy, University of Wales, Cardiff.
  • Professor D. W. Vere, MD, FRCP, FFPM (Hon). Professor of Therapeutics, University of London.
  • H. Cowan Wilson Esq, BVMS, FRCVS. General Veterinary Practitioner, Fife.

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the members of the committee dealing with the current appeal against the ban on Halcion.

Dr. Mawhinney

The members are:

  • Ms. Diana Cotton QC, Barrister (Chairman).
  • Professor J. A. Edwardson, Director of the MRC, Neurological and Pathology Unit, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
  • Ms. Ann Foster, Director of the Scottish Consumer Council.
  • Professor David Marsden, Professor of Neurology at London University.
  • Professor Charles George, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at Southampton University.