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HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillAs my hon. Friend says, this is creating complexities and competing relationships that need to be given considerably more thought, rather than our aiming to promote a particular…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI agree. I am sure that that is part of the reason why some treatments secured a licence and NICE approval. Again, we must not give the impression to people listening to the…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI entirely agree. For example, if this legislation were seeking to reform or amend the general approach that we take to the appraisal of healthcare technology treatments in the…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillThere is a difference between presenting a Bill that seeks to establish frameworks and approaches that have had a wider application and seeking to use a Bill to advance a…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI will go on to talk about what I think you need to do—when I say “you”, of course, I mean the clinical community rather than the hon. Member—to advance these issues. I am afraid…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI agree. We have talked about observational studies and RCTs, and there are a number of different ways in which the evidence base can be developed.10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillNo. The point I am making is that nothing in the NIHR’s work says that it will only consider research and applications that are RCTs, and nothing prevents NICE from looking at any…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI respect the experience that the hon. Member brings to her role. At no point have I said that the only way in which we can proceed is through RCTs. Earlier in the debate, when…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillAs you know, I respect your experience—10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillAll I would say is that those discussions need to be had with NICE, the NIHR and the Department of Health and Social Care and many other people, but to use primary legislation is…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillDo, do intervene.10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillThe point to draw from my hon. Friend’s intervention is that I have been working in this field for some time and I cannot think of any other example where we have decided to set…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI thank my hon. Friend. When it comes to the issues I want to come on to talk about, it is not so much my practice as a doctor, but the fact that several years before becoming an…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI have explained that there are two challenges here. There are licensed, accepted treatments that are not being used, and there are very many examples across the NHS and…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI thank my hon. Friend.10 Dec 2021HANSARDRail Investment and Integrated Rail PlanThe railways are at the heart of Crewe’s history. The town came after the railways did, in fact. Until the station and railway works were built, it was just a village. While we do…08 Dec 2021HANSARDRail Investment and Integrated Rail PlanDoes my right hon. Friend agree that Labour’s pledge on this can be added to its very long list of totally uncosted spending commitments that it expects the British taxpayer to…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Dormant Assets Bill [Lords]I broadly welcome this legislation, as it expands a positive initiative. I understand the scheme is voluntary, and I would be interested to hear the Minister’s thinking on whether…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Arthur Labinjo-HughesLike many others, I found myself in tears at the weekend thinking about what happened to poor little Arthur. I welcome the fact that the sentences will potentially be reviewed,…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Integrated Rail Plan: North and MidlandsHS2 is going to be transformative for my Crewe and Nantwich seat, bringing jobs and investment, so I am delighted that the Government have today committed to the Crewe-Manchester…18 Nov 2021