The MPs are reported to ask NHS that it should stop funding homeopathy as there is no scientific proof in its support.

The Commons Science and Technology Committee posted that the diluted products were no more effective than a placebo - the same as taking a sugar or dummy pill.

However, manufacturers and supporters of homeopathy refuted that the report, claiming that the MPs had ignored necessary evidence.

It is estimated that about £4m a year is spent on homeopathy by the NHS, supporting to fund four homeopathic hospitals in London, Bristol, Liverpool and Glasgow and numerous prescriptions.

Moreover, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) should be debarred from putting labels on homeopathic medicines to carry medical claims, it quoted.

The MPs posted that homeopathy was basically sugar pills and argued that the effectiveness was often skeptical and involved a deception by the medical establishment.

In addition, they also cautioned that it could result in a delay in diagnosis if symptoms were cured but the underlying reason for them was not tackled.