§ Mr. AlexanderTo ask the Secretary of State for Health on what basis her Department arrives at an appropriate prescription charge for NHS medicines; and to which votes the revenues raised are appropriated in aid.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe prescription charge is an amount which successive Governments have thought it right, for those who can afford to do so, to contribute towards the cost of family health services. The revenue raised by charges is appropriated in aid of class XII, vote 2 and class XII, vote 1 of the main supply estimates 1993–94.