Orders of the Day — Abolition of Resale Price Maintenance Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 January 1964.

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Photo of Mr John Vaughan-Morgan Mr John Vaughan-Morgan , Reigate 12:00, 17 January 1964

Of course I have not—the pharmacists and the Ministry of Health must discuss it. The fact remains that this service is at present being paid for by the other customers. If it is a direct charge incurred by the State, it should be paid for by the State. We do not expect anything else in the retail shops to be subsidised in this way. It boils down to the fact that, as my hon. Friend says, medicine seems to be a loss leader, which is hardly an acceptable proposition in that quarter—