Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his considered response and for its tone. Like him, I thank all th...

I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement and his ongoing focus on patient safety, which has a...

I can absolutely give that assurance. We are considering how to strengthen oversight, because a t...

I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement, although I am sure that some o...

With respect to the hon. Gentleman, he is being a little uncharitable in describing this as a “re...

I welcome the review and the announcement of Baroness Cumberlege as its lead. I am sure the whole...

I would like to put on the record my thanks to my hon. Friend for the work he did as a Minister i...

I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement, though it would have been nice for the victims to h...

As the right hon. Gentleman knows—we have had these discussions at the Health Select Committee—th...

I welcome the review of the yellow card process. The first responsibility of the doctor is always...

My hon. Friend’s question demonstrates how useful it is to have people with medical experience in...

As the chair of the all-party group on oral hormone pregnancy tests, I am disappointed with the w...

The hon. Lady and I may not agree on every part of my statement, but I thank her for her campaign...

I thank the Secretary of State for the compassionate tone that he has struck today, and for takin...

The simple answer to that question is yes: there are legal consequences for regulators who have f...

Constituents of mine have been affected by both sodium valproate and Primodos. The Secretary of S...

I can give the hon. Gentleman an absolute assurance that she will do so. In the case of valproate...

I welcome the statement, which is consistent with my right hon. Friend’s track record of driving ...

My hon. Friend, who has huge experience in healthcare, is right to say that at the heart of deali...

On behalf of my constituents whose families have suffered from the effects of Primodos, I thank t...

I totally respect the right hon. Gentleman for airing his constituents’ concerns, but, as he will...

Just an hour ago I met my constituent Carol Short and Emma Friedmann, a constituent of the hon. M...

Order. I mean no discourtesy to the hon. Gentleman, but I hope that the people whom he mentioned ...

I can give my hon. Friend the assurance for which he has asked. We have announced today that we a...

I welcome the Secretary of State’s intention to look further at these very concerning issues, but...

I understand why the hon. Lady has asked her question in the way that she has, but we set up the ...

I have a constituent whose quality of life has been completely ruined by a surgical mesh implant....

That is the right question to ask. I suggested in the statement that we might need a patients’ ch...

The Secretary of State will know the phrase

“the patronising disposition of unaccountable p...

Those words about the patronising disposition of unaccountable power came from Bishop James Jones...

With their incredibly moving stories, my constituents Karen, a victim of vaginal mesh, and Angie,...

Those are both important points. I will make one comment about the second one. The spreading of b...

For my constituents Wilma Ord and her daughter, Kirsteen, the wait for action on this issue and t...

I do not accept that there is a contradiction. We have to be open to the science and we have to b...

It was a pleasure to lead the debate in the House when we secured time from the Backbench Busines...

I commend my right hon. Friend’s campaigning, but I am afraid I have to disagree with him. This i...

The expert working group that the Government set up on Primodos changed its own terms of referenc...

This is something for Baroness Cumberlege to consider, but the broader point is right. We have fo...

I welcome today’s announcement, which I am sure will also be welcomed by my constituent who had s...

I very much hope so, and the crucial point that has come out from the contributions of Members in...

I welcome the audit on vaginal mesh and the promised register, but there are a couple of things I...

We will certainly look at all those things, and the hon. Lady is absolutely right to draw attenti...

I pay tribute to constituents of mine who have had surgical mesh implants—their campaign has been...

This is a complex procedure that can go wrong, so it would only ever be used if it was absolutely...

Those whose lives have been forever changed by the drug Primodos will be very disappointed today,...

I hear what the right hon. Lady is saying. The reason it was important to ask whether there was a...

The pharmaceutical companies have consistently refused to accept a causal link between sodium val...

In this country, the compensation system works through the courts. There are times when the NHS i...

Will the Secretary of State join me in paying tribute to my constituents, Emma Murphy and her col...

I understand the respectful tone in which the hon. Gentleman has asked this question. I do not th...

I welcome the statement today. The Secretary of State will be aware that we had a mesh review in ...

I wish I could say to my hon. Friend that those people’s terrible suffering has been taken as ser...

Forty-four years ago, my constituent Lesley Holmes took two Primodos tablets that had been handed...

All I can say is that we completely understand those concerns and the despair that many people fe...

I welcome the announcement of this much needed safety review. All UK citizens should be confident...

I can confirm that, although it is also important to say that if we discover changes in procedure...

I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement. I have met and been contacted by many women in my c...

Our approach on safety issues is that we are happy to do anything on a UK-wide basis if that is w...

I welcome my right hon. Friend’s announcement of a review of these three important medical matter...

That was very eloquently put by my hon. Friend. We also want to get closure on this issue, and th...

The Secretary of State was right to say that patients’ views have been neglected, and that they n...

I am happy to do so, but this review is obviously separate from the things that are happening in ...

This is the first chance I have had to thank the Secretary of State for visiting Kettering Genera...

International experts from the Commonwealth Fund in New York say that we are the safest healthcar...

Campaigners on Primodos will be hugely disappointed by the Secretary of State’s statement and his...

That is the entire purpose of the review. Obviously, Baroness Cumberlege will want to involve pat...

I thank the Secretary of State for his statement, which will be of comfort to vaginal mesh implan...

Absolutely.

The Secretary of State will be aware that many of the women who took Primodos would not necessari...

I wish it was easy to give the hon. Gentleman a straightforward answer, but the truth is that the...

What advice has the Secretary of State sought from the Royal College of Midwives, the Royal Colle...

Baroness Cumberlege has honorary fellowships at the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal Colleg...

I thank the Secretary of State for his statement. As he indicated, our products are world leading...

It is fair and important to say that our regulatory system is admired the world over because we d...