Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) charities and (b) clinicians who support the Off-patent Drugs Bill.

Departmental Ministers have met with the hon. Member for Cardiff North (Jonathan Evans), with regard to his Off-Patent Drugs Bill and officials have also had discussions with Breast Cancer Campaign to understand their concerns around the prescribing of off-patent drugs and the implications for patients.

We are in the process of setting up a round-table discussion with key stakeholders, NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to review the evidence and develop a strategy to better support use of off-label medicines in areas where the evidence suggests that they can deliver patient benefit.