NHS: Drugs
Commons · Question 89569 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Tonia Antoniazzi
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the safety of talc used in medical products.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 19 Nov 2025
The Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is the Government agency responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe.Additives in medicines, termed excipients, are required to comply with the stan...