Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's proposed increase in statutory fees on micro-businesses in the dental laboratory sector; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a tiered fee structure based on business size.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has conducted a public consultation on its proposed fee changes, and is currently assessing responses to that consultation. Further details can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/mhra-consultation-on-statutory-fees-2026