Redress for people impacted by surgical mesh, sodium valproate and Primodos

That this House deplores the avoidable harm caused by the use of surgical mesh, Primodos and Sodium Valproate; acknowledges the ongoing need to support the hundreds of victims in the UK suffering as a result of these interventions; regrets that the recommendations made by Baroness Cumberlege in her 2020 report on the IMMDS Review were not accepted by the Government, and that the Government is yet to publish a response to the 2024 Hughes Report; further regrets the suggestion that victims should pursue legal routes to compensation, which fails to recognise the adversarial nature and challenges of successful of litigation; calls on the Government to show commitment to the safety of women patients, to bring this scandal into parity with other medical scandals, such as the infected blood scandal; and further calls on the Government to establish separate schemes to provide financial redress to the victims of surgical mesh, Sodium Valproate and Primodos.