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HoC Answers - 05.11.08
Pharmacy Licences: 100-hour Rule
Mr. Burns (Conservative, Chelmsford West)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effects of the application of the 100 hour rule for granting pharmacy licences to supermarkets on the future of dispensing; and if he will make a statement.
Phil Hope (Minister of State for Health)
Consultation on possible options for legislative reform in respect of pharmacies opening at least 100 hours per week, whether in supermarkets or elsewhere, began on 27 August 2008 and ends on 20 November 2008. The consultation document, "Pharmacy in England: Building on strengths-delivering the future-proposals for legislative change" is available on the Department's website together with associated impact assessments and copies have been placed in the Library.
Posted 5 November 2008