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Commons Chamber
Economic Growth - Tue 14 Nov 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Henry Smith (Con - Crawley) a hereditary peer—in the other place. - Speech Link
2: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) Anti-business rhetoric from Lib Dems is so damaging in a constituency such as mine. - Speech Link
3: Cat Smith (Lab - Lancaster and Fleetwood) Sodium valproate continues to be prescribed today, and for some women it will be the only medication - Speech Link
4: Laura Trott (Con - Sevenoaks) Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood is in her place, but I note her remarks on sodium valproate and will - Speech Link


Written Statements
Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review: Progress Report - Mon 12 Dec 2022
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: Maria Caulfield (CON - Lewes) ) in 2018 to further reduce the use of valproate during pregnancy, including the introduction of the - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Health and Care Bill (Twenty First sitting)
Committee stage: 21st sitting - Thu 28 Oct 2021
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Philippa Whitford (SNP - Central Ayrshire) drugs, violence and suicide. - Speech Link
2: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) taken during pregnancy.”The Government accept that only in part; it is particularly with regard to valproate - Speech Link
3: Philippa Whitford (SNP - Central Ayrshire) is still an excellent anti-epileptic and will not disappear, but it is not a matter for specialist centres - Speech Link
4: Philippa Whitford (SNP - Central Ayrshire) When we debated vaginal mesh, Primodos and valproate in the Chamber, one of the big issues that came - Speech Link


Written Statements
Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review Report: Government Response - Wed 21 Jul 2021
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Nadine Dorries (CON - Mid Bedfordshire) by or have an interest in pelvic mesh, sodium valproate, and hormone pregnancy tests (HPTs), those who - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review - Thu 08 Jul 2021
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Emma Hardy (LAB - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) an effective anti-epileptic drug, which caused physical malformations, autism and developmental delay - Speech Link
2: Cat Smith (LAB - Lancaster and Fleetwood) As I am chair of the all-party parliamentary group on valproate and other anti-epileptic drugs in pregnancy - Speech Link
3: Christian Wakeford (LAB - Bury South) for valproate and other anti-epileptic drugs in pregnancy. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
Committee stage:Committee: 5th sitting (Hansard) - Wed 11 Nov 2020
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: None to optimise antiretroviral therapy in HIV, tailor anti-epilepsy drugs for seizure control and determine - Speech Link
2: None baby being damaged by sodium valproate. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Thornton (LAB - Life peer) I am not sure that I understand how this will avoid the problems with valproate and all the other situations - Speech Link
4: Baroness Penn (CON - Life peer) However, the changes to its restrictions are set out in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, the Misuse of Drugs - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review - Thu 09 Jul 2020
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Nadine Dorries (CON - Mid Bedfordshire) The second is sodium valproate, an anti-epilepsy drug that has been definitively linked to autism and - Speech Link
2: Cat Smith (LAB - Lancaster and Fleetwood) As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on valproate and other anti-epileptic drugs in pregnancy - Speech Link
3: Nadine Dorries (CON - Mid Bedfordshire) Work is being undertaken—the all-party group for valproate and other anti-epileptic drugs in pregnancy - Speech Link
4: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) As vice-chair of the all-party group on valproate and other anti-epileptic drugs in pregnancy, I thank - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 02 Jul 2020
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Valerie Vaz (LAB - Walsall South) Those who have suffered from Primodos, sodium valproate and surgical mesh have campaigned for this. - Speech Link
2: Jacob Rees-Mogg (CON - North East Somerset) Lady when we were both elected in 2010 and had offices opposite each other, and she took up this issue - Speech Link
3: Cat Smith (LAB - Lancaster and Fleetwood) As chair of the all-party parliamentary group for valproate and other anti-epileptic drugs in pregnancy - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review - Thu 22 Feb 2018
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord O'Shaughnessy (CON - Life peer) The second is sodium valproate, an effective anti-epilepsy drug which has been definitively linked to - Speech Link
2: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (LAB - Life peer) Mesh has been suspended in Scotland and banned in other countries. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Masham of Ilton (CB - Life peer) My Lords, I thank the Minister for the support he has given to the epileptic women who have taken valproate - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Valproate and Foetal Anticonvulsant Syndrome - Thu 19 Oct 2017
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Norman Lamb (LDEM - North Norfolk) and other anti-epileptic drugs in pregnancy, for facilitating this debate. - Speech Link
2: Norman Lamb (LDEM - North Norfolk) other anti-epileptic drugs in pregnancy, and for her campaigning. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We must look beyond this debate and encapsulate what other people are saying.Sodium valproate is an anti-epileptic - Speech Link
4: Philippa Whitford (SNP - Central Ayrshire) We therefore must be careful not to send out a message that anti-epileptic drugs are bad, or even that - Speech Link
5: Philip Dunne (CON - Ludlow) , or any other anti-epileptic, without first discussing it with their doctor and, if necessary, with - Speech Link