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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...