Written question asked by Linda Gilroy (Labour) on Monday, 18 December 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 19 December 2000. It was answered by Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 December 2000 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: Statement on when he intends to publish the Fourth Report to Parliament on the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme. - Inc fact that published today, copies in the Library.

Answer: Mrs. Gilroy: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he intends to publish the Fourth report to Parliament on the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme. [143751] Ms Stuart: The Fourth Report to Parliament on the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS) was published today. Copies have been placed in the Library. The PPRS: Fourth Report to Parliament covers both the conclusion of the 1993 scheme and the operation of the first year of the new scheme from October 1999. It provides an insight into the running of the PPRS; reports on the Government's broad objectives for the 1999 scheme; and describes the principal features of the new scheme, including the benefits for the National Health Service and the British pharmaceutical industry.

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