To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 14 May 2007, Official Report, column 595W, on insulin, on which of the dates referred to she met Dr. Sue Roberts and Dr. Nick Summerton of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to discuss the Institute’s future programme on insulin treatments; and what the outcome of such discussions was. (141912)

I was not present at any of the meetings between Dr. Sue Roberts and Dr. Nick Summerton, where I understand they discussed the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence’s (NICE) future programme on diabetes. A further meeting was held on 17 May 2007. These meetings are part of a series of meetings with the NICE and I understand that discussions are still ongoing.