HC Deb 08 January 2003 vol 397 c278WS
John McDonnell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will introduce free prescriptions for those people who have suffered from the bacterium E coli0157 when they reach adulthood and display illnesses associated with this bacterium. [88990]

Mr. Lammy

Our policy is to give priority to helping people who may have difficulty in paying charges, rather than extending the exemption arrangements to people suffering from other conditions, for example, those who display illnesses associated with the bacterium E coli-157.