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HANSARDInternational Women’s DayWe will not be here any more.07 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Qualifications (Pharmacists) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing these regulations. These ones are kind of like a double whammy: there are no-deal issues to deal with and no Assembly in Northern…07 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I thank the Minister for her extensive response and noble Lords for their interventions and questions on this SI. The indignation and anger of the noble Lord, Lord…07 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Negligible.07 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this instrument with such clarity. The reason I have tabled an amendment to the Motion is to draw attention to the serious concerns…07 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018At the end insert “but that this House regrets that, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the additional administrative burdens for many qualifications and the prohibition of…07 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Import of RadioisotopesMy Lords, in many ways this Question is the just-in-time question of healthcare. We know that our manufacturing industries, particularly the automotive industries, will be…07 Mar 2019HANSARDInternational Women’s DayI agree with the noble Baroness—it was great to start the debate with the excellent opening speech by the noble Baroness, Lady Williams. She mentioned things we need to celebrate…07 Mar 2019HANSARDCannabis: Medicinal UseWhat troubles me about the Minister’s answer is that NHS England’s guidance says that medical cannabis can be provided only where all, “other treatment options have been…04 Mar 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) BillMy Lords, I will speak very briefly in support of the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Hayward. I feel profoundly frustrated about this issue, a feeling which I think is shared…01 Mar 2019HANSARDSafety of Medicines and Medical DevicesMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord O’Shaughnessy, on initiating this important debate—which, of course, a few weeks ago he would have been answering himself. I declare…28 Feb 2019HANSARDHuman Bodies: Commercial ExhibitionMy Lords, there is a much more fundamental ethical issue at play here. Leaving aside the need for cadavers and human tissue for scientific and medical training purposes—which is…27 Feb 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [HL]I thank the noble and learned Lord for allowing me to ask a question about the comments of the Joint Committee on Human Rights and its grave reservations about the formulation…26 Feb 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendment 41A, but first I congratulate the Minister on moving such an enormous group with such coherence. She deserves at least a drink of…26 Feb 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [HL]26 Feb 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a matter of great regret that we have reached this point in the Bill and are still debating the definition of deprivation of liberty. We should have been able to…26 Feb 2019HANSARDMental Health: Eating DisordersIt is to be welcomed that the proportion of children with an eating disorder starting urgent treatment within a week or so remains quite high in London, but it is much higher than…25 Feb 2019HANSARDHealthcare (International Arrangements) BillThe noble Lord and I absolutely agree about that, and the noble Lord is quite right. I am not saying that one would bow to that pressure at all. Your Lordships’ House has a proud…21 Feb 2019HANSARDGP Partnership ReviewTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to implement the recommendations of their report GP Partnership Review: Final Report , published on 15 January.21 Feb 2019HANSARDGP Partnership ReviewI thank the noble Baroness for that Answer. The GP Partnership Review makes seven key recommendations, including: an increase in the number of GPs and funding for those roles; an…21 Feb 2019