Question follow-through · 26641
Sodium Valproate: Pregnancy
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the need for interim payments for those patients affected by the sodium valproate exposure in pregnancy.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the need for interim payments for those patients affected by the sodium valproate exposure in pregnancy.
4 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care are in regular contact on a range of issues, including health and social care policy.As previously set out, the Government extends its sincere and heartfelt sympathies to all those affec...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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