HC Deb 17 March 1997 vol 292 c475W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proposals he has to persuade other nations to reduce the distribution of surplus medicinal drugs in third world and other countries following the recent medicinal drug deaths in Nigeria, Haiti and Lithuania. [20292]

Mr. Malone

The United Kingdom will continue to work with other countries and appropriate international organisations, particularly the World Health Organisation, in pursuit of agreed standards and guidelines regarding drug donations and their safety.