Health Committee.
In accordance with the Government’s commitment to allow the sale of cold and flu medication containing pseudoephedrine, the purpose of this Bill is to change the classification of pseudoephedrine as a controlled drug. This Bill reclassifies pseudoephedrine from a Class B2 to a Class C3 controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, so that cold and flu products containing pseudoephedrine can be sold in pharmacies without a prescription. The different classes of controlled drugs are described in regulation 25(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1977.