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Folic Acid |
| Question ID: |
1729705 |
| UIN: |
HL1122 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-09-13 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4909 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Kamall
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Lord Kamall
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Merron on 11 September (HL Deb col 1562) that they propose that 250 micrograms of folic acid per 100 grams should be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour, what scientific advice they have r |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-09-25 |
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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: |
Pregnant women with folate deficiency are at greater risk of neural tube defects (NTDs). Currently government advice recommends that women who could become pregnant take a daily supplement of folic acid before conception and up until the 12th week of preg... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |