| Heading: |
Radioisotopes |
| Question ID: |
1745955 |
| UIN: |
HL3123 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
547 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Wigley
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Lord Wigley
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure the availability of medical radio-isotopes for the treatment of cancer patients in the UK. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-06 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
The supply of radioisotopes has now returned to normal levels, and a Written Ministerial Statement was laid on 26 November to update Parliament. During the disruption to supply, the Department worked with industry, the devolved administrations, the Nation... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |