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Mr. M. Lindsay
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that a number of National Health Service doctors are prescribing an anti-smoking product called Lobidan, costing £5 16s. 8d. for 120 tablets; and whether he will take steps to stop this.
Mr. Powell
It is for the individual doctor to prescribe what drug he thinks right for a particular patient; but he may be called on to justify it if his prescribing costs are being investigated.