Ian Lavery MP: written questions 2026

Written questions

• Health Professions: Hazardous SubstancesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109108More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has commissioned on the long-term health effects, including reproductive health outcomes, of occupational exposure to hazardous medicinal products among nursing staff;

  Answer: The Government has not commissioned any research on the reproductive health outcomes or long-term health effects of the occupational exposure of nursing staff to hazardous medicinal products. No assessment has been made of the cost to the National Health ...

  Answered 3 Feb 2026

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• Health Professions: Hazardous SubstancesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109107More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will require NHS employers to provide ongoing education, training and health surveillance for all staff who handle or may be exposed to hazardous medicinal products.

  Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 30 October 2025 to Question UIN 84444.

  Answered 4 Feb 2026

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• Health Professions: Hazardous SubstancesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109106More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to promote the use of engineering controls such as biological safety cabinets and closed-system drug-transfer devices during preparation and administration of hazardous medicinal

  Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 30 October 2025 to Question UIN 84144.

  Answered 4 Feb 2026

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• Health Services: Hazardous SubstancesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109105More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make and assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 to ensure that hazardous medicinal products with reprotoxic effects are

  Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 30 October 2025 to Question UIN 84440.

  Answered 6 Feb 2026

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• Health Professions: Hazardous SubstancesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109104More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to develop or adopt a UK list of hazardous medicinal products and to require safety data sheets for finished medicines; and if he will take steps to work with the Health and

  Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 30 October 2025 to Question UIN 84436.

  Answered 6 Feb 2026

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• Health Professions: Hazardous SubstancesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109103More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of nurses and other healthcare professionals currently exposed to hazardous medicinal products; and if he will publish an estimate of how many wo

  Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for North Devon on 28 November 2025 to Question 92661.

  Answered 5 Feb 2026

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