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Lord Hylton asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office (Lord Dubs): The table below shows the number of persons arrested under Section 14 of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act and Sections 18 and 19 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Acts in each of the last five years.
Year | PTA Section 14 Arrests | EPA Section 18and 19 Arrests | Total persons charged with terrorist/serious public order type offences* |
1993 | 1,641 | 86 | 372 |
1994 | 1,503 | 53 | 349 |
1995 | 443 | 0 | 440 |
1996 | 569 | 7 | 595 |
1997 | 504 | 23 | 405 |
Lord Freyberg asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: There are no plans to publish Mr. Foster's review of the Bowes Museum. I shall arrange for a copy of the review to be placed in the Libraries of the House, together with a copy of the joint response of Durham County Council and my
department. Material which was supplied in confidence, or which is otherwise confidential, will not be included.
Lord Dean of Beswick asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Baroness Hayman): Allocations to health authorities reflect:
Of the health authorities mentioned, Manchester was the most over target and therefore received the smallest increase of the five.
Earl Baldwin of Bewdley asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Hayman: Where the functionality of a product is a factor in whether it should be classified as a medicine, the Medicines Control Agency takes advice from its medical and pharmaceutical assessors.
Earl Baldwin of Bewdley asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Hayman: When the Medicines Control Agency notifies a manufacturer of a decision to classify a product as a medicine, it does so in writing, setting
out the reasons for its decision. To do otherwise would infringe principles of natural justice. Failure to give reasons does not, however, automatically invalidate a decision. To date, the decision-making process has been conducted on an administrative basis, but the Government now propose to place it on a statutory footing.
Earl Baldwin of Bewdley asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Hayman: The judgment referred to involved melatonin. The court recognised that it is for national authorities, subject to review by the courts, to determine on a case by case basis the classification of each product, and that, at this stage of the development of the Community, complete harmonisation is not possible. This applies to all products irrespective of their ingredients. The Medicines Control Agency considers each case on its merits, applying the tests of whether a product is a medicinal product set out in the Pharmaceutical Directive 65/65.
Earl Baldwin of Bewdley asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Hayman: There are no immediate plans to do so.
Earl Baldwin of Bewdley asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Hayman: The Medicines Control Agency's consultation package was issued on 6 November, seeking responses by 31 December. Copies have been placed in the Library. It proposes to put the decision-making process for classifying borderline products on to a statutory basis. Organisations consulted include "Consumers for Health Choice". In order to protect public health, the agency will continue on behalf of the licensing authority to ensure that, as the law requires, only medicinal products which are licensed, or exempt from licensing, are placed on the United Kingdom market.
Lord McColl of Dulwich asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Hayman: The available information is given in the table.
1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | |||||||
No. of Months | Over 12 | Over 18 | Over 12 | Over 18 | Over 12 | Over 18 | Over 12 | Over 18 | Over 12 | Over 18 | Over 12 | Over 18 |
England | 71,022 | 6,527 | 62,341 | 4,481 | 27,938 | 43 | 14,993 | 25 | 57,666 | 794 | 63,480 | 0 |
Wales | N/A | N/A | 6,520 | 1,649 | 5,246 | 872 | 5,303 | 999 | 6,547 | 1,670 | 9,429 | 3,304 |
Scotland | N/A | N/A | 2,136 | 174 | 1,197 | 29 | 416 | 3 | 235 | 1 | N/A | N/A |
Northern Ireland | N/A | N/A | 4,130 | 1,592 | 2,507 | 849 | 4,474 | 1,698 | 10,637 | 5,466 | 8,563 | 5,679 |
General Notes:
1. Data for September 1998 are provisional. September 1993 data are not comparable.
Specific Notes:
2. Scottish information excludes guarantee exceptions, repeat and deferred waiting lists. Scottish information for 30 September 1998 is not yet available.