Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2017 to Question 112845, if he will meet with external experts on hormone pregnancy tests.

The Commission on Human Medicines Expert Working Group on Hormone Pregnancy Tests included experts in a wide range of relevant scientific disciplines and took evidence from visiting experts. After consideration of a broad range of data, the consensus conclusion of Group members was that the available scientific evidence, taking all aspects into consideration, did not support a causal association between the use of hormone pregnancy tests during early pregnancy. This conclusion was endorsed by the Commission on Human Medicines which comprises independent scientific experts of international standing. There are no plans to meet other external experts.