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Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Tue 02 Nov 2021
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Yasmin Qureshi (LAB - Bolton South East) Their battle has been long, and they are often compared with the forgotten thalidomide victims. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Animal Testing - Mon 25 Oct 2021
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Grahame Morris (LAB - Easington) An example of a drug that went through extensive animal testing through the established processes is thalidomide - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review - Thu 08 Jul 2021
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Hannah Bardell (SNP - Livingston) in my constituents.Time and again, we see families treated this way, whether they are the victims of thalidomide - Speech Link
2: Alec Shelbrooke (CON - Elmet and Rothwell) To be blunt, thalidomide was successful in what it was supposed to do because it stopped morning sickness - Speech Link
3: Allan Dorans (SNP - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) Those committees were set up specifically to ensure that nothing like the previous thalidomide tragedy - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safety of Journalists - Thu 10 Jun 2021
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: John Whittingdale (CON - Maldon) Investigative journalism plays a critical role and we will all remember examples, such as the exposure of the thalidomide - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Income Tax (Charge) - Thu 04 Mar 2021
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Allan Dorans (SNP - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) I also welcome the provision of £40 million for the care and support of those affected by thalidomide - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Financial Statement - Wed 03 Mar 2021
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (CON - Richmond (Yorks)) support veterans with mental health needs.On current plans, the funding to support survivors of the thalidomide - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review: Sodium Valproate - Tue 02 Mar 2021
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Thornton (LAB - Life peer) Secondly, those affected by thalidomide and contaminated blood have a redress scheme, but it took years - Speech Link
2: Lord Bethell (CON - Excepted Hereditary) I recognise that there are redress payments for thalidomide and contaminated blood, but redress payments - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
Report stage:Report: 2nd sitting (Hansard) - Thu 14 Jan 2021
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Cumberlege (CON - Life peer) I think about the one in my area—thalidomide. - Speech Link
2: Lord O'Shaughnessy (CON - Life peer) is neither radical nor extraordinary: such schemes have been set up in the past—for the victims of thalidomide - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
Committee stage:Committee: 7th sitting (Hansard) - Thu 19 Nov 2020
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Cumberlege (CON - Life peer) Chailey Heritage Foundation, for children who suffered through their mothers having taken the drug thalidomide - Speech Link
2: Lord O'Shaughnessy (CON - Life peer) quite right to want to look at this structurally, given all the scandals over the years, including thalidomide - Speech Link
3: Lord Lansley (CON - Life peer) on those, but when I was Secretary of State for Health I was only too aware, when dealing with the Thalidomide - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
Committee stage:Committee: 6th sitting (Hansard) - Tue 17 Nov 2020
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Sheikh (CON - Life peer) It also gave many women relief from morning sickness symptoms, but this drug contained thalidomide and - Speech Link