Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussion (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Treasury on plans to introduce a compensation fund for people affected by mesh implants.

We are currently awaiting the report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, which is expected on 8 July.

The Review is independent of Government and it would not be right to pre-empt the Review’s report or recommendations before they have been made public. We can confirm that the Government will consider its recommendations most carefully.

We would urge anyone who believes that they may have been affected by mesh implants to seek clinical advice and support for what help is available.