§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answers of 11 December 1995,Official Report, columns 520–21, and 8 February 1995, Official Report, column 344, what factors prevented consideration of the safety issues relating to combined oral contraceptives containing desogestrel or gestodene by the pharmacovigilance subcommittee at its meetings on 5 September or 3 October. [22087]
§ Mr. MaloneI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Gordon (Mr. Bruce) on 19 December 1995,Official Report, column 1151.