Health (CSR)
Debate between Roger Gale and Frank Dobson(14 years ago)
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Frank Dobson
Does my hon. Friend accept that the 150 drugs that are most commonly prescribed in this country are half the price that they are in the United States, where the pharmaceutical industry, roughly speaking, determines the price of drugs? We can guarantee that prices will start to go up under the new system.
Mr Roger Gale (in the Chair)
Order. There is a very interesting debate to be had on those issues, but the hon. Member for Newport West (Paul Flynn) has been in the House a long time, and the right hon. Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Frank Dobson), who has just intervened, has been Secretary of State for Health and both are aware that, while the subject may be interesting, it is not to do with the comprehensive spending review, which is the title of the debate.
Mr Roger Gale (in the Chair)
Order. The Minister has made it plain that he is not giving way.
Frank Dobson
On a point of order, Mr Gale, the Minister might be inadvertently misleading those present here today, on the basis of information available to me.
Frank Dobson
On a point of order, Mr Gale—as I understand it, the Department of Health has been briefing that it wants to take away only £4 million from Great Ormond Street.
Mr Roger Gale (in the Chair)
Order. That is not a point of order for the Chair. The right hon. Gentleman has been in the House long enough to know that.