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Westminster Hall
Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Covid-19 - Tue 06 Sep 2022
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Jeremy Wright (CON - Kenilworth and Southam) There are domestic precedents we can follow—for example, the Thalidomide Trust. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Women’s Health Strategy for England - Thu 21 Jul 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Thornton (LAB - Life peer) that virtually no drugs have been developed or trialled for pregnant women in the many decades since Thalidomide - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Public Order Bill (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Thu 09 Jun 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Anne McLaughlin (SNP - Glasgow North East) If we want to go into the details of the great Sunday Times investigation campaign on thalidomide, I - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Public Order Bill (Second sitting) - Thu 09 Jun 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Anne McLaughlin (SNP - Glasgow North East) If we want to go into the details of the great Sunday Times investigation campaign on thalidomide, I - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Tue 17 May 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Cumberlege (CON - Life peer) principle of providing redress is not new and has been applied in this country—for example, in the case of Thalidomide - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Making Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow Old - Mon 16 May 2022
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Cat Smith (LAB - Lancaster and Fleetwood) case that for victims of sodium valproate we need a redress scheme, similar to that for victims of thalidomide - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Health and Care Bill
Lords Hansard _ Part 1 - Wed 16 Mar 2022
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Cumberlege (CON - Life peer) Thalidomide did not lead to an avalanche of other groups requiring help. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Cumberlege Report - Thu 03 Feb 2022
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Alec Shelbrooke (CON - Elmet and Rothwell) Eventually we got justice for thalidomide victims. - Speech Link
2: Alec Shelbrooke (CON - Elmet and Rothwell) That is exactly the same situation as with thalidomide. - Speech Link
3: Mike Penning (CON - Hemel Hempstead) We rightly addressed tainted blood and thalidomide, thank goodness; the campaigning by the thalidomide - Speech Link
4: Alec Shelbrooke (CON - Elmet and Rothwell) I want there to be grants, like the thalidomide grant. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill - Fri 10 Dec 2021
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Jeff Smith (LAB - Manchester, Withington) May I go back to the mention of thalidomide, which I think is an unfair comparison? - Speech Link
2: Kieran Mullan (CON - Crewe and Nantwich) People will have heard about the thalidomide scandal. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Medical Cannabis: Alleviation of Health Conditions - Thu 04 Nov 2021
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Maria Caulfield (CON - Lewes) have a good clinical effect is not tested thoroughly, there can be grave consequences, just as with thalidomide - Speech Link