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Commons Chamber
Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder: Fatalities - Wed 07 Dec 2022
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: Caroline Nokes (CON - Romsey and Southampton North) inquiry into the use of sodium valproate, which The Sunday Times has described as a scandal bigger than thalidomide - Speech Link

Parliamentary Research
Debate on hormone pregnancy tests - CDP-2023-0173
Aug. 23 2023

Found: 14 “Claims dropped”, The Times, 3 July 1982 (subscription required) 15 “Is this the forgotten thalidomide

Departmental Publication (Closed consultation)
Department for Transport

Sep. 28 2023

Source Page: A zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate and CO2 emissions regulation for new cars and vans in the UK
Document: Zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate consultation: summary of responses and joint government response (print version) (PDF)

Found: Scottish Power SMMT Stellantis Subaru Sunderland City Council Tactran Tesla TfL The NCC The Thalidomide

Lords Chamber
Online Safety Bill
Committee stage - Thu 11 May 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: None There are many examples from recent history—Primodos, Thalidomide and others—which point to the need - Speech Link

Select Committee
2024-02-06 10:00:00+00:00

Oral Evidence Feb. 06 2024

Inquiry: Prevention in health and social care
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)

Found: It does what thalidomide did. It does what some other things do.

Scottish Government Publication (Transparency data)
People Directorate

May. 12 2023

Source Page: Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts: July 2022
Document: Ministerial engagements, travel and gifts: July 2022 (Excel)

Found: MSPDateEngagement TypeOrganisation/Individual met withSubject2022-07-04 00:00:00Media / InterviewLBC - Thalidomide

Select Committee
Previously at Cambridge City Council and MPW Cambridge
 BOR0003 - Legislative Scrutiny: Bill of Rights Bill

Written Evidence Sep. 23 2022

Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: including those which put us to shame, such as torture in Northern Ireland, injunctions about thalidomide

Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill: Stage 1 - Tue 07 Feb 2023

Mentions:
1: None We can say exactly how many people were affected by thalidomide—there are 50 of them in Scotland—but - Speech Link

Grand Committee
Technology Rules: The Advent of New Technologies in the Justice System (Justice and Home Affairs Committee Report) - Mon 28 Nov 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hamwee (LDEM - Life peer) We have not been dismissive of it.I thought that the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, might refer to the thalidomide - Speech Link

Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Commission on Human Medicines

Jul. 19 2023

Source Page: Human Medicines Regulations 2012 Advisory Bodies Annual Report 2022
Document: Human Medicines Regulations 2012 Advisory Bodies Annual Report 2022 (Accessible) (PDF)

Found: following vaccination against COVID - 19 • Amendments to the pregnancy prevention programmes for thalidomide