§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what strategy the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency adopted in terms of(a) numbers of officials and (b) method of approach for visits to stands at the Natural Products Show at Olympia on 5 April. [176963]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe medicines borderline section of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency was given six free tickets to the Natural Products Show by an industry trade association with whom the MHRA meets on regular basis. The visit was intended to help inform the Medicines Borderline Section of market trends and developments, and to help provide information to the sector. During the visit the staff had informal discussions with exhibitors about the presentation of a number of unlicensed products making illegal medicinal claims with the exhibitors and some presentational material was taken away.