A REPORT into the effects of a hormone pregnancy test and a government apology was hailed by campaigners and victims.

But a lack of action since its publication has left campaigners and victims frustrated.

The release of the Cumberlege Report on July 8 was welcomed by victims and campaigners who saw this as the first step towards parents and victims receiving recognition of the life altering affects of the drug.

But members of the government are now declining to comment on the report due to pending legal action.

Now leading campaigner Marie Lyons and a Bolton mother who is a victim of the hormone test, are determined to not give up the fight.

Adele Stretch, 54, who lives in Bolton has deformities on her hands and feet after her mother was given Primodos by a doctor early on in her pregnancy.

Adele said: “We were very happy with the conclusions of the report and appreciated the apologies from government ministers but we do not want to be forgotten again.

“We will not be brushed under the carpet. We are not going away.”

Marie Lyon, chair of the Association of Children Damaged by Hormone Pregnancy Tests, who has been campaigning on this issue for over 50 years, said: “I just feel we have waited long enough for this.

“It’s crazy to think that in 2020 the government may dig their feet in on this ­— it’s appalling.

“I hope that with the continued pressure I intend to keep on the government that they will have to accept that they need to implement the recommendations.

“I don’t intend to stop until our families have got justice and so we can start living our lives again.”

Bolton South East MP, Yasmin Qureshi, who chairs an all party parliamentary group, campaigning for justice for victims, wrote to Matt Hancock on July 24, asking for the recommendations to be implemented.

Ms Qureshi said: “It’s starting to look like the Government intends to use the ongoing legal action on behalf of Primodos families as a smokescreen to ignore the recommendations in the Cumberlege Review.

“This is why I have written to the Health Secretary to outline why this would be completely unacceptable.

“The Cumberlege review is the most comprehensive assessment of this historical cover-up to date. We simply will not allow the government to drag its feet on accepting these findings.

“This report contains detailed recommendations on how to improve the lives of those affected by Primodos.”