Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that people affected by the use of Primados, Sodium Valproate and virginal mesh implants are consulted, kept informed and able to participate in Baroness Cumberledge's Review on the Safety of Certain Medicines and Medical Devices.

Baroness Cumberlege will conduct the Medicines and Medical Devices Review with thoroughness and due speed.

Baroness Cumberlege will involve patient groups representative of people concerned by the use of Primodos, Sodium Valproate and vaginal mesh from the early stages of the Review.

Baroness Cumberlege will make contact with the relevant All Party Parliamentary Groups, and in due course Ministers will report back to the House on the Review and the Government’s response.