Pharmaceutical Industry Mr. Rost To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the 70-plus trade associations in the pharmaceutical industry referred to in a departmental letter of 6 April to the hon. Member for Erewash. Mrs. Virginia Bottomley The reference is to the number of organisations that have asked to be included on the Medicines Control Agency's circulation list to receive details of any proposed changes in regulations to be made under the Medicines Act 1968. The list is as follows: Acupuncture AssociationAdvertising AssociationAdvertising Standards Authority LimitedAgricultural Research CouncilAnimal Health District AssociationAnthroposophical Medical AssociationAssociated Health Foods LimitedAssociation for the Advancement of British PharmacyAssociation of Anaesthetists Great Britain and IrelandAssociation of Contact Lens Manufactuers LimitedAssociation of County CouncilsAssociation of Independent HospitalsAssociation of Manufacturers of Medicinal PreparationsAssociation of Metropolitan AuthoritiesAssociation of Optical PractitionersAssociation of Public AnalystsAssociation of Public Analysts of ScotlandAssociation of Veterinarians in IndustryAssociation of the British Pharmaceutical IndustryBMA BelfastBMA EdinburghBio-Chemical SocietyBritish Acupuncture Association and RegisterBritish Aerosol Manufacturers' AssociationBritish Agrochemicals AssociationBritish Association for Chemical SpecialitiesBritish Association of DermatologistsBritish Association of Feed Supplement Manufacturers LimitedBritish Association of Pharmaceutical PhysiciansBritish Chemical and Dyestuffs Traders AssociationBritish Chiropractic AssociationBritish College of OptometristsBritish Committee on Natural TherapeuticsBritish Contact Lens AssociationBritish Dental Association (Scottish Branch)British Dental Trade AssociationBritish Distributors of Animal Medicines AssociationBritish Herbal Medicine AssociationBritish Herbalists Union LimitedBritish Homoeopathic Manufacturers AssociationBritish Institute of Regulatory AffairsBritish Insulin ManufacturersBritish Medical AssociationBritish Naturopathic and Osteopathic AssociationBritish Paediatric AssociationBritish Pharmacological SocietyBritish Poultry Federation LimitedBritish Standards InstitutionBritish Universities Committee Ophthalmic OpticsBritish Veterinary AssociationBritish and European Osteopathic Association "CHEMIST and DRUGGIST"Chiropodists Board, and Council for Professions Supplementary to MedicineClinical Genetics SocietyCocoa Chocolate and Confectioners AllianceCollege of OsteopathsCollege of OsteopathyCompany Chemist Association LimitedConference of Medical and Surgical Adhesive Plaster ManufacturersConsumer CouncilContact Lens Study GroupConvention of Scottish Local AuthoritiesCoroners SocietyCosmetic Toiletry and Perfumery Association LimitedEnglish National Board for Nursing Midwifery and Health VisitingEuropean Federation of the Contact Lens Industry LimitedFaculty of Homoeopathy Royal London Homoeopathic HospitalFarmers Union of WalesFederation of Dressings, Plaster and Feminine Hygiene IndustriesGeneral Council and Register of Consultant Herbalists LimitedGeneral Council and Register of OsteopathsGeneral Dental CouncilGuild of British Dispensing OpticiansGuild of Hospital PharmacistsGuild of Natural Medicine PractionersHealth and Safety ExecutiveHerb SocietyHomoeopathic Joint CommitteeHomoeopathic Research and Education Trust Homoepathic AssociationHuntingdon Research CentreIncorporated Society of British Advertisers LimitedIndependent Broadcasting AuthorityIndependent Television Companies Association LimitedInstitute of BiologyInstitute of ChiropodistsInstitute of PackagingInstitute of Practitioners in AdvertisingInstitute of TrichologistsJoint Consultant's Committee—BMA HouseLister Institute of Preventive MedicineMeat and Livestock CommissionMedical Biology CentreMedical Contact Lens AssociationMedical Defence UnionMedical Research Council "MIMS"Multiple Food and Drink Retailers AssociationNAFPDNational Association of Local CouncilsNational Association of Pharmaceutical DistributorsNational Biological Standards BoardNational Chamber of TradeNational Egg Producer Retailers' AssociationNational Farmers Union of ScotlandNational Farmers UnionNational Federation of Consumers GroupsNational Federation of Wholesale Grocers and Provision MerchantsNational Federation of Women's InstitutesNational Food and Drink FederationNational Institute of Medical HerbalistsNational Office of Animal HealthNational Organisation of Animal HealthNational Pharmaceutical Association LimitedNational Union of Small ShopkeepersNational Union of Townswomen's GuildsNatural Medicines GroupNewspaper Publishers Association LimitedNewspaper SocietyNorth of Ireland Veterinary AssociationOphthalmic Group Committee—BMA HouseOsteopathic and Naturopathic Guild LimitedPeriodical Publishers Association LimitedPharmaceutical General Council ScotlandPharmaceutical JournalPharmaceutical Services Negotiating CommitteePharmaceutical Society for Northern IrelandPharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (Scottish Department)Proprietary Association of Great BritainRadiochemical CentreRegister and Council of HomoepathicsRoyal College of General PractitionersRoyal College of MidwivesRoyal College of NursingRoyal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsRoyal College of PathologistsRoyal College of PhysiciansRoyal College of Physicians EdinburghRoyal College of Physicians and Surgeons, GlasgowRoyal College of PsychiatristsRoyal College of RadiologistsRoyal College of Surgeons, EdinburghRoyal College of Surgeons of EnglandRoyal College of Surgeons of England—Faculty of Dental SurgeryRoyal College of Surgeons of England—Faculty of OphthalmologyRoyal College of Veterinary SurgeonsRoyal Pharmaceutical Society of Great BritainRoyal Society of ChemistryScottish Consumer CouncilScottish Grocers' FederationScottish Health Education GroupScottish National Committee of Ophthalmic Opticians "SCRIP"Service ScientifiqueSoap and Detergent Industries AssociationSociety of ChiropodistsSociety of HomoepathsSociety of Occupational Medicine----------------------------------- |Area | ----------------------------------- | || ----------------------------------- |English non-metropolitan counties|||| ----------------------------------- |Buckinghamshire | ----------------------------------- |Cambridgeshire | ----------------------------------- |Shropshire | ----------------------------------- |Berkshire | ----------------------------------- |Hereford and Worcester | ----------------------------------- |Northamptonshire | ----------------------------------- |Somerset | ----------------------------------- |Wiltshire | ----------------------------------- |Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | ----------------------------------- |Lincolnshire | ----------------------------------- |Dorset | ----------------------------------- |Hampshire | ----------------------------------- |Suffolk | ----------------------------------- |West Sussex | ----------------------------------- |Norfolk | ----------------------------------- |Bedfordshire | ----------------------------------- |North Yorkshire | ----------------------------------- |Gloucestershire | ----------------------------------- |Isle of Wight | ----------------------------------- |Oxfordshire | ----------------------------------- Mr. Simon Coombs To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the 30 English non-metropolitan districts which have shown the greatest percentage growth in the electorate since 1975; and what have been the percentage growth and actual figures in each case. Mr. Dorrell The information requested is as follows: ----------------------- |Area | ----------------------- | | ----------------------- |Milton Keynes | ----------------------- |Redditch | ----------------------- |Tamworth | ----------------------- |Bracknell | ----------------------- |Wokingham | ----------------------- |Peterborough | ----------------------- |Huntingdonshire | ----------------------- |East Dorset | ----------------------- |Hart | ----------------------- |Selby | ----------------------- |The Wrekin | ----------------------- |Basingstoke and Deane| ----------------------- |Eastleigh | ----------------------- |East Hampshire | ----------------------- Society of OsteopathsSterilised Suture Manufacturers AssociationSteripak LimitedSussex Clinical Research Consultants LimitedTechnical Committee White Oils AssociationThe Co-op Union LimitedThe Patients' AssociationTraditional Acupuncture SocietyUlster Farmers' UnionUnited Kingdom Agricultural Supply Trade Association LimitedVeterinary RecordWholesale Confectioners Alliance LimitedWholesale Grocers' Association of Scotland