Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 89568

Drugs: Health Hazards

Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 19 November 2025

Question

Tonia Antoniazzi

LabourGower

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the safety of talc in medicines.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
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...

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