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Drugs: Sales

Commons · Question 34844 · Tabled 3 Mar 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 11 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports of the illegal selling of weight loss drugs.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 11 Mar 2025

The Department for Health and Social Care are responsible for policy on human medicines, and the illegal sale and supply of human medicines is recognised as a significant challenge for regulators across the world. Buying medicines, including weight loss m...