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HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionWill the Minister give way?20 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionIt is of course a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Manchester, Withington (Jeff Smith), my fellow co-chair of the all-party group on drug policy reform. He and I followed…20 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionThe Minister was probably going to pick up the point I made about the assessment of the risk-reward ratio. Humanity has goodness knows how many thousands of years of use of this…20 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionWe are where we are only because a politician, when faced with the inhuman cruelty of taking away from two children medicine obtained overseas when they returned to the UK, in the…20 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionAnd Billy Caldwell.20 May 2019HANSARDInternational Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and TransphobiaIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Wallasey (Ms Eagle). She is, of course, entitled to her perambulation back through history to a time when the records of our…16 May 2019HANSARDInternational Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and TransphobiaObviously, I agree with the hon. Gentleman. It must be a central characteristic of global Britain, with our people, culture and history, that if we as a nation do not understand…16 May 2019HANSARD Saudi Arabia: Mass ExecutionsI have worked with the hon. Members for Stockton South (Dr Williams) and the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran) on a detention review panel of the female human…24 Apr 2019HANSARD BruneiAs the Minister will recall, I raised this issue during Foreign Office questions on Tuesday. What struck me about his reply to my topical question then, and what strikes me now,…04 Apr 2019HANSARD Loan ChargeI apologise to the Minister if I am not here to listen to his response to the debate. I am flying to Rome to go to the Vatican for an engagement on behalf of the all-party group…04 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsTomorrow, Brunei introduces a penal code that includes death for apostasy, death for adultery and stoning to death for homosexuality. I suppose at this point I should declare my…02 Apr 2019HANSARDPoint of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I had hoped to raise this matter directly with the Speaker, as it arises from his exchange with the hon. Member for Tooting (Dr…26 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilDoes the Prime Minister understand that, by taking no deal off the table at the behest of this remainer Parliament, she has just put the final torpedo into her own deal and any…25 Mar 2019HANSARD NICE Appraisals: Rare Diseases TreatmentsI am delighted to support the motion standing in the names of the hon. Members for Blaydon (Liz Twist) and for North Tyneside (Mary Glindon). This is a life-changing issue for…21 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European Unionrose —13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionHaving said that this should have been taken off the table 1,000 days ago, perhaps the hon. Gentleman could explain why he put his name to a conclusion of the Foreign Affairs…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European Unionrose —13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI think the right hon. and learned Gentleman has mistaken my hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) with my hon. Friend the Member for Watford (Richard Harrington), the…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionPerhaps the right hon. Gentleman can explain why five of his remainer colleagues serving on the Foreign Affairs Committee signed up to this conclusion two years ago: “It is…13 Mar 2019HANSARDSyriaFirst, I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the London initiative 2019 and his officials on the outstanding way in which they organised that conference. He is absolutely…11 Mar 2019