Pharmaceuticals

Mr. Gareth Thomas
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what assessment her Department has made of the comparative price of over-the-counter medicines in (a) the UK and (b) the rest of the EU. [33464]

Mr. Nigel Griffiths
I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Wimbledon (Mr. Casale) on 11 February 1998, Official Report, column 217.