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Drugs: Safety

Commons · Question 109487 · Tabled 28 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 26 Feb 2026

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Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s press release entitled MHRA seizes illegal medicines worth almost £45m in 2025 - disrupting major criminal networks, publ

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Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 26 Feb 2026

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is responsible for the regulation of medicines for human use, medical devices, and blood products for transfusion in the United Kingdom. This includes applying the legal controls on the retail...