PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Germany: Thalidomide (9 October 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the German government urging it to follow up on the meeting between German officials and the National Advisory Council of the Thalidomide Trust in July 2015 and work towards its making financial contributions to those affected by Thalidomide.

Asked by:
James Cartlidge (Conservative)

We continue to support the Thalidomide Trust in making their own representations directly to the German Government. Officials in London and at the British Embassy in Berlin remain in contact with both the National Advisory Council and the German authorities following their July meeting, including to encourage further meetings.

Answered by:
Sir David Lidington (Conservative)
19 October 2015