The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 270 No 7240 p354
15 March 2003

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MPs speak out on deregulation

Increasing pressure is being brought on the Government by Members of Parliament to reject the Office of Fair Trading's call to deregulate National Health Service pharmacy contracts.

Following a Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the future of pharmacy on 12 March, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's director of public affairs, Beverley Parkin, said: "There weren't two views. There was only one view, which was that the OFT was wrong. Nobody could see any merit in implementing the OFT report."

The debate concluded with an appeal for a further debate because of the number of MPs who wanted to speak but were not called to do so because of time constraints.

Details of the debate can be found here.