HC Deb 03 April 2000 vol 347 cc362-3W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to introduce legislation to ensure higher levels of compensation from pharmaceutical companies to those suffering from the deleterious effects of the prescribed use of drugs. [116986]

Mr. Lock

The level of damages is a matter of common law for the courts to decide, in their own independent sphere. The Government have no plans to introduce legislation on levels of damages in the categories of cases specified.

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