HC Deb 11 December 1996 vol 287 cc231-2W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the drugs currently being trialled in the United Kingdom aimed at alleviating the symptoms of MS. [8214]

Mr. Malone

Such information is confidential. Section 118 of the Medicines Act 1968 precludes the disclosure of confidential information received in pursuance of the Act.

Mr. Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list those areas of the United Kingdom where there are MS clusters. [8197]

Mr. Horam

This information is not available centrally.

Questions relating to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales and for Scotland and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, respectively.