Tranquillisers

Health written question – answered at on 10 June 2009.

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Photo of Jim Dobbin Jim Dobbin Labour, Heywood and Middleton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which of the expert advisory groups of the Commission on Human Medicines provide advice to his Department in respect of its policy on tranquillisers.

Photo of Gillian Merron Gillian Merron Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Minister of State (Public Health), Department of Health

There are a number of Commission on Human Medicine Expert Advisory Groups (EAGs) which may provide evidence on tranquilliser issues. These include the EAGs on:

Chemistry, Pharmacy and Standards;

Clinical Trials;

Medicines for Women's Health;

Neurology and Pain Management;

Patient Information;

Pharmacovigilance;

Psychiatry and Old Age Psychiatry.

Other EAGs may also be consulted depending on the issues concerned and currently established EAGs and their members are listed on the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency website through the following link:

www.mhra.gov.uk/Committees/Medicinesadvisorybodies/CommissiononHumanMedicines/Members/index.htm

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