Oral Hormone Pregnancy Tests

Graeme Morrice Excerpts
Thursday 19th March 2015

(9 years, 2 months ago)

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The following is an extract from Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Health on 24 February 2015.
Graeme Morrice Portrait Graeme Morrice (Livingston) (Lab)
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T7. My constituent Wilma Ord was prescribed Primodos in the 1970s, an oral hormone pregnancy testing pill that she blames for her daughter’s birth defects. As the Secretary of State is aware, it was announced back in October that an inquiry would be established to look into the whole issue. What progress has been made in setting up the inquiry and what assurances can he give my constituent, and the many other women and families affected throughout the country, that the inquiry will be fully comprehensive, transparent and independent?