§ Mr. HammondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library a copy of the Provisional Finding of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence in respect of beta-interferon at the same time it is made available to those parties who submitted evidence to the Institute. [123912]
§ Mr. DenhamThe National Institute for Clinical Excellence's guidance on beta-interferon will be placed in the Library once it has been finalised by NICE. Consultation on the draft findings will, as with all NICE' s appraisals, be on a confidential basis. I understand that NICE is planning to disseminate its guidance to the National Health Service during August 2000.