§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list websites which have been(a) closed and (b) required to amend their web pages by their internet service providers following representations made by (i) the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency in the last year and (ii) the Medicines Control Agency for each year between 1997 and 2003 for (A) being in breach of the law on the scale of unlicensed medicines via the internet and (B) providing medicines without adequate patient consultations. [167807]
§ Mr. HuttonDuring the period 1997 to 2003, the former Medicines Control Agency (MCA) achieved compliance through amendment to the website by the internet service providers in six cases involving the sale and supply of all medicines via the internet. A further seven websites were closed as a result of the operators voluntarily agreeing to do so. These cases involved both licensed and unlicensed medicines.
Specific enforcement activity is a matter between the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and the individual(s) concerned.