Question follow-through · 63596
Sodium Valproate: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to meet with those harmed by sodium valproate.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to meet with those harmed by sodium valproate.
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2025
Answer published
This is the responsibility of the Secretary of State at DHSC, whose department is meeting with these stakeholders.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Sentencing: Foreign Nationals
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Family Courts: Pilot Schemes
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31 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the approach to custody decisions in cases where a parent breaches a court order.
Prisoners
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