Baroness Brinton (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 11 December 2024

Debate

Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]

Contribution

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for tabling these three amendments. I have a question about Amendment 59. Paragraph 9 of the Schedule says that: “Medicines and medical devices as defined in the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021, other than devices designed for weighing or measuring for medical purposes” are excluded from the Bill. I say that because the guidance on what is and is not covered by that Act is somewhat contradictory. It says that sanitary towels and tampons are “not normally considered to be medical devices”, yet incontinence pads, which are not internalised in the body, are. In America, tampons are deemed medical devices because they are used inside the body. I appreciate that I am putting the Minister on the spot. I do not expect an answer, but I wonder whether the very good speech by the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, might point to a problem with the Government’s guidance under that Act that needs to be amended.

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