YORKSHIRE and the Humber MEPs Rebecca Taylor and Edward McMillan Scott have attended a meeting with EU health commissioner Tonio Borg as part of a campaign for compensation for Thalidomide survivors.

They discussed finding a solution to the long-running campaign for justice against Chemie Grünenthal, the German pharmaceutical company which developed the anti-morning sickness drug in the 1950s.

Tens of thousands of these women miscarried, or gave birth to stillborn babies, or had babies that had severe birth defects.

Last year, both Ms Taylor and Mr McMillan-Scott met leading members of the campaign group Show Your Hand – including businessman Guy Tweedy, 51, from Harrogate - which represents the remaining 468 thalidomide survivors living in the UK.

Ms Taylor said: “We were appalled to hear Grünenthal still refuses to even discuss taking financial responsibility for UK thalidomide survivors and match the compensation they receive from the British government.”