§ Mr. Ben ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to receive the Annual report of the Medicines Commission for 1998; and if this will be published. [91906]
§ Ms JowellWe have received the report, and copies have been laid before both Houses of Parliament today in accordance with the requirements of section 5(2) of the Medicines Act 1968.
Bound and published volumes have been placed in the Library containing the 1998 reports of the Medicines Commission, the Committee on Safety of Medicines, the Advisory Board on the Registration of Homeopathic Products, the British Pharmacopoeia Commission and the Veterinary Products Committee.
We are pleased to acknowledge the valuable work undertaken by the distinguished members of the Medicines Act Advisory Boards and thank them for the time and considerable effort dedicated in the public interest to this important work.