Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 17728

Folic Acid: Perinatal Mortality

Tabled: 10 July 2026

Answered: 17 July 2026

Question

Esther McVey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the article in The Lancet by Dr Czeizel entitled Can terathanasia explain the protective effect of folic-acid supplemen

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

In the United Kingdom, folic acid fortification was first considered by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy (COMA) in 2000.In its report on Folic Acid and the Prevention of Disease, COMA considered the 1997 paper by Hook and Czei...

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