Health and Social Care

Wednesday 12th June 2019 Ministerial Corrections

Medial Aesthetics Industry: Regulation

The following is an extract from the Westminster Hall debate on Medical Aesthetics Industry: Regulation on 14 May 2019.

[Jackie Doyle-Price]

We are moving into a new period of regulation of dermal fillers. My hon. Friend the Member for South Leicestershire is quite right that they are completely unregulated at present, but they will become regulated by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, which will put them on a similar footing to Botox and will mean that they need to be given by the prescriber.

[Official Report, 14 May 2019, Vol. 660, c. 88WH.]

Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Thurrock (Jackie Doyle-Price):

An error has been identified in the response I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa).

The correct information should have been:

[Jackie Doyle-Price]

We are moving into a new period of regulation of dermal fillers. My hon. Friend the Member for South Leicestershire is quite right that some are completely unregulated at present, but they will all become regulated by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency from May 2020.