# Claim 820

Jack Ashley, the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent South, told the House of Commons on November 29, 1972, that The Sunday Times had run a series of articles on thalidomide that he called brave and brilliant.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

- Statement: Jack Ashley, the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent South, told the House of Commons on November 29, 1972, that The Sunday Times had run a series of articles on thalidomide that he called brave and brilliant.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: MP praises Sunday Times reporting
- About: [incident 1972-uk-sunday-times-thalidomide-injunction](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1972-uk-sunday-times-thalidomide-injunction)
- Source: Thalidomide Children, House of Commons debate, 29 November 1972. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1972/nov/29/thalidomide-children
- Publisher: Hansard, UK Parliament
- Method: primary document
- Checked: 2026-09-26
- Confidence: high
- Status: current
- Source date: 1972-11-29

## Quotation from the source

> a series of articles in The Sunday Times which was both brave and brilliant

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