HC Deb 15 July 1999 vol 335 c336W
Mr. Laurence Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to include asthma as an illness which qualifies the sufferer for free prescriptions; and if he will make a statement. [91428]

Mr. Denham

We reviewed exemptions from prescription charges in the Comprehensive Spending Review and concluded that the present arrangements should remain for the rest of this Parliament.