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Written Question
Thalidomide
Wednesday 3rd December 2014

Asked by: Sandra Osborne (Labour - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has made to the German Government about the issue of responsibility for the victims of thalidomide damage in the UK; and what the UK Government's responsibilities are in this matter.

Answered by Norman Lamb

I wrote to Manuela Schwesig, Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, on 14 October 2014, asking if she would meet with representatives of the Thalidomide Trust. The specific issue of responsibility for the victims of the Thalidomide disaster was not addressed.

Written Question
Thalidomide
Monday 1st December 2014

Asked by: Sandra Osborne (Labour - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has made to his German counterpart on thalidomide damage in the UK.

Answered by Norman Lamb

I met with the Thalidomide Trust on 23 June 2014 and subsequently wrote to Manuela Schwesig, Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, on behalf of all four UK Governments, asking if she would meet with the Trust.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Jul 2014
Organ Transplants

"Order. I am sorry to interrupt the hon. Lady, but I ask her to be mindful of the fact that the Minister has many points to answer in the debate...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Dec 2013
Hospices (Children and Young People)

"Order. The sitting is suspended for a Division for a minimum of 10 minutes...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Nov 2013
Gay-to-straight Conversion Therapy

"It is a great pleasure, Mr Hood, to serve under your chairmanship. I am raising this debate as part of an ongoing discussion on gay-to-straight conversion therapy, and I refer to my early-day motion, which attracted 52 signatures; the petition presented to the House by my hon. Friend the Member …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Nov 2013
Gay-to-straight Conversion Therapy

"I, too, have reason to be grateful to those people.

I want to place on the record the fact that several hon. Members indicated that they wanted to attend this debate but had other commitments...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Nov 2013
Gay-to-straight Conversion Therapy

"I agree, and I will go into that further. Conversion or reparative therapy is the attempt by individuals, often posing as professionals, to alter the sexuality of lesbian, gay or bisexual patients. Virtually every major national and international professional organisation has condemned the practice as ineffective and potentially extremely harmful …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Nov 2013
Gay-to-straight Conversion Therapy

"I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention.

The prevalence of conversion therapy in Britain has been the subject of recent interest in Parliament. Hon. Members will have received a recent communiqué from the pro-conversion group, Core Issues, calling on us not to support the private Member’s Bill introduced by …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Nov 2013
Gay-to-straight Conversion Therapy

"Thank you, Mr Hood.

I want to focus on the main aspects of the problem of conversion therapy, and to debunk three common myths: first, that conversion therapy is something that happens only in America; secondly, that conversion therapy is carried out only by religious fundamentalists operating outside professional channels; …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Nov 2013
Gay-to-straight Conversion Therapy

"I agree with the hon. Gentleman and I hope to get some answers from the Minister.

Conversion therapy used to be a much greater and more systemic problem in Britain than it is today. In the 1950s and ’60s, LGBT patients were routinely forwarded by teachers, GPs and, as in …..."
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