| Heading: |
DNA: Screening |
| Question ID: |
1815797 |
| UIN: |
62181 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4124 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dame Chi Onwurah
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| Asking Member handle: |
ChiOnwurah
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@ChiOnwurah
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing regulatory standards for the marketing of consumer DNA testing kits. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-01 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4444 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Karin Smyth
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| Answering Member handle: |
karinsmyth
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@karinsmyth
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| Answer text: |
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is aware that there are a number of DNA test kits on the market. The majority claim to provide information on ancestry, and in general these would not be regarded as medical devices.However, those th... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |