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Medicines Licensing

Volume 264: debated on Monday 16 October 1995

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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the cases where information has been withheld by his Department under section 118 of the Medicines Act 1968. [36756]

Section 118 protects information furnished for the purposes of the Medicines Act, and thus may affect all activities concerning medicines licensing. I am committed to making as much information available as possible within this constraint, but examples of information which would be withheld would include details of manufacturing processes or the addresses of sites at which companies are trialing products under development.

Table 1: Tonnage of destroyed produce for which EU withdrawal compensation was paid (t)
BelgiumDenmarkGermanyGreeceSpainFranceIrelandItalyLuxembourgHollandPortugalUK
Apples6,832054141,251136,627657,3711390008,90620,019
Pears4300771,23419,59432,36100001,57217
Cauliflowers1,87201,7832022.143104,2031389300024116,598
Tomatoes5,85302083,1694922,97511800003
Apricots0005,39349213,605000000
Nectarines000114,5873,89546,368000000
Peaches000597,68438,24182,37300001,9470
Lemons0001,61079,163116000000
Aubergines100000148000000
Grapes0000903,116000000