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Survivors living with the 'devastating' medical implications of the DES drug scandal say they 'won't rest' until they get a public inquiry into how the cancer-linked drug was prescribed to pregnant women on the NHS for decades, writes Senior Social Affairs Producer @LKilraine itv.com/news/2026-03-0…

A further 22 sets of infant remains have been recovered from the site of the former Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co Galway as excavation work continues there rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

We have included a number of amendments to the Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill, which are set out in a new report. Our Chair explains more about what this means. Read the report here: lk.nia.fyi/p71f

The Committee for the Executive Office will next meet on Wed 28 January at 2pm. The Committee will consider its Final Report on the Inquiry (M&B Institutions, ML&WH) and RS Bill. The Committee will also receive oral briefings from the overseas bureaus and the Equality Commission.

The Committee for the Executive Office will next meet on Monday 19 January at 10.00am. It will conduct further and final deliberations of the Inquiry (M&B Institutions, ML and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill. Further information can be found below: aims.niassembly.gov.uk/assemblybusine…

Thank you to everyone who took part in our recent Access to Records Survey. We’ve published 3 reports with key findings, data insights and detailed analysis. 📄 Read them here: independentpanel.truthrecoveryni.co.uk/key-documents

The Committee will next meet on Wednesday 3 December at 2.00pm and will hold a further Deliberation session in relation to the Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries & Workhouses) & Redress Scheme Bill. 📺Watch live on assembly.tv

The Committee will next meet on Wednesday 26 November at 2.00pm and will have an oral briefing with Junior Ministers and hold a Deliberation session in relation to the Inquiry (M& B Institutions, ML & Workhouses) & Redress Scheme Bill. 📺Watch live on assembly.tv

DES drug scandal: Wes Streeting admits 'the state got this wrong' after year-long ITV News investigation Social Affairs Correspondent @SarahCorkerNews & Senior Producer @LKilraine report itv.com/news/2025-11-1…

As always, a government apology is more than saying 'sorry'. It is about accountability, liability, transparency and redress in the present rather than altering out understanding of the past. What happens next from @wesstreeting, @DHSCgovuk and @MHRAgovuk is what matters.

'Act now to save lives': Pressure is growing on the government to take action over the DES pregnancy drug scandal following a year-long investigation by ITV News. Social Affairs Correspondent @SarahCorkerNews & Senior Producer @LKilraine report itv.com/news/2025-11-0…

Excavators say it will take time to determine if the remains date from the time of a former mother-and-baby home at Tuam, County Galway. bbc.in/3WJdYZW

'I took the tablets willingly because they said I would have a better chance of keeping the baby ... I’ve regretted it ever since." Mary Stuart, 83, tells ITV News' @SarahCorkerNews she 'lives with guilt', wishing she’d never taken the DES tablets she was prescribed while pregnant with her daughter Helen Scanlan, who has suffered a lifetime of health issues

Some NI unmarried mothers were unknowingly given Diethylstilbestrol during and after pregnancy causing lifelong health issues including cancers for them and their children exposed in utero @NIAEOCttee @TruthPanel_NI @BMATCT #motherandbabyhomes @utv @itvnews @SarahCorkerNews

Missed this week's Committee for the Executive Office meeting. 📺Catch up at niassembly.tv

Protestant women are opting out of the inquiry into mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland because of stigma and shame, it has been claimed. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-…

Forced adoption campaigners describe today’s meeting with @bphillipsonMP as a ‘positive step forward’ in their fight for justice and a public apology. Members of @AdoptionApology met with the SOS at Westminster for the first time, & have been promised a meeting with the PM next.

On 8th October, our Co-Chairs & Legal Expert Panel Member Colin Smith shared our views on the Inquiry & Redress Bill with the Committee for the Executive Office.📺 Watch the recording: shorturl.at/3qDL3📄 Read our written submission to the Committee: shorturl.at/G0NRh

Campaigners from @AdoptionApology met with @bphillipsonMP at @educationgovuk today to discuss the injustice of historic forced adoptions. @SarahCorkerNews provides coverage and commentary. What next for @UKLabour and @Keir_Starmer? itv.com/news/2025-10-1…

We have never been listened to. Decisions are made about us. Not with us . facebook.com/share/p/1FFByj… @TruthRecoveryNI @PaulaJaneB @stewartcdickson @CaralNiChuilin @MckeeganClaire @Paul_utv @sharon_scoop