HC Deb 02 February 1999 vol 324 cc571-2W
25. Mr. Flight

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent representations he has received regarding making Viagra available on the NHS; and if he will make a statement. [67184]

Mr. Denham

Since September we have received some 490 written representations from Members of Parliament, professional representative bodies, patient groups and the public about the availability of Viagra on the National Health Service. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health announced on 21 January the start of a six-week public consultation on substantive policy proposals about the treatment of impotence on the NHS.