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HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (Second sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.08 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 9, in clause 1, page 1, line 5, at end insert “for a period of two years following Royal Assent.” This amendment provides a sunset provision for the Bill…08 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (First sitting)I take the point about not wanting to rely on primary legislation all the time. I would be much more comfortable—in this Bill in its entirety, but certainly in any future…08 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (First sitting)I completely agree. I think that if we stood in the street for a bit and just straw-polled people, everybody would say that safety is uppermost and they would see the value in its…08 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (First sitting)It feels to a certain extent as if we are having this conversation the wrong way round. I have not been in Parliament very long, but I have been on quite a few Bill Committees—I…08 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (First sitting)My hon. Friend has made a persuasive and powerful case, as she did on Second Reading. From the debate on Second Reading, I took away the phrase that this gives us a chance to…08 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 11, in clause 5, page 3, line 39, at end insert— “(1A) The Secretary of State must publish a fees regime within three months of the date on which this Act…08 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (Second sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.08 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 12, in clause 8, page 5, line 17, at end insert “services.” This amendment broadens the range of issues that the Secretary of State must consider to…08 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (Second sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn .08 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 15, in clause 12, page 7, line 27, at end insert— “(d) the environmental sustainability of medical devices.” This amendment obliges the Secretary of State…08 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 14, in clause 10, page 6, line 35, at end insert— ‘(1A) The Secretary of State must publish a fees regime within three months of the date on which this Act…08 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 22, in clause 1, page 1, leave out lines 10 to 16. This amendment removes the requirement to consider the attractiveness of the relevant part of the UK…08 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (Second sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. It is important to seek quality and build to last, and to be sure that the products that enter the market are the best possible…08 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (Second sitting)I am happy to withdraw the amendment on that basis. The point of putting it in was to shoehorn the subject into the conversation, which was obviously effective. I did not hear…08 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (Second sitting)I really appreciate that answer, and I appreciate the Minister’s commitments outside the Chamber—her work with me and the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire, whom we are all missing…08 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (Second sitting)I am happy to leave this matter for now; we might come back to it on Report or Third Reading. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.08 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 17, in clause 13, page 8, line 22, at end insert— “(k) enabling the Secretary of State to compile a register of representatives for non-UK manufacturers.”…08 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (First sitting)Turning to clause 1, page 1, subsection 2, as we might have said at school—I think this is verbal reasoning, if my memory is good enough—one of these is not like the other. As the…08 Jun 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill (First sitting)I do not intend to press new clauses 2 and 4 to a Division. The Porton Down answer was helpful. In the terms of the amendment, it is not necessary, but I will have to work out how…08 Jun 2020