Sodium Valproate: Compensation
Commons · Question 106968 · Tabled 20 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Bob Blackman
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of international no-fault compensation schemes for medicine-induced harm, including those in New Zealand, Sweden and Denmark, in rel
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 27 Jan 2026
The Department’s consideration of the Hughes Report’s recommendations for redress for those harmed by sodium valproate will take account of how other countries have chosen to approach this issue.This is a complex, cross-Government policy area involving mu...