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HANSARD Drug Treatment ServicesThe hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. I absolutely agree that we need regulation and control. Personally, I am not sure about royal commissions, because they tend to kick…16 Jul 2019HANSARD Drug Treatment ServicesI thank my right hon. Friend for making that important point. Durham constabulary’s Checkpoint scheme, through which low and medium-level offenders with drug dependency are…16 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingI do not plan to take the full six minutes, not least because we have heard so many really eloquent and brilliant speeches today. I pay particular tribute to the hon. Member for…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingPeople in Oregon and Washington give several reasons. In both those states, the most frequently given reason for requesting to die—by over 90% of people—is a loss of autonomy.…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Assisted DyingI hear what my hon. Friend says, and I accept that there is real concern, but I think we can create a legislative framework that takes account of those concerns and allows…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Imprisonment for Public ProtectionJust before my hon. Friend highlights his examples, I will raise the case of my constituent, Wayne Bell, who has had a mental health crisis and is now unable to engage with the…11 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. The Carol Black review of drugs is specifically not considering legislative reform, but that may be exactly what we need to address the violence and harm associated with the…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Bailey. I congratulate the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Paul Scully) and all the other Members who have made thoughtful and…10 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ8. As a Manchester MP, may I thank the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition for their words of remembrance for the victims of the terrorist attack in our city two…22 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionThe right hon. Gentleman, who set out the case very well, is certainly not an old socialist. As we heard from him, there are multiple examples of patients who want to access…20 May 2019HANSARD Billy McNeill MBEAs a lifelong Manchester City fan, I am disappointed that I cannot be in Manchester tonight for the treble winners parade, but this gives me the opportunity to pay tribute to…20 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionThat is not an unusual case. There are lots of people who want to use medical cannabis and do not want to buy it from the street or go to Holland to import cannabis products, and…20 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. That points to the issue about where we get the product from. The problems, allegedly linked to increased episodes of psychosis, are…20 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionMy right hon. Friend makes an excellent point. He is absolutely right. I am not aware of any evidence of the product making a condition worse. People have been using cannabis for…20 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionThat is absolutely right. There is almost an irrational fear about the risk of cannabis compared with the risk of some of what we might call more conventional treatments that…20 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionYes, what is the phrase about standing on the shoulders of giants? I think that we all admire the work on this issue carried out by Paul Flynn over many years. I do not understand…20 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionMy right hon. Friend makes a good point. The Minister’s letter said that cannabis should only be prescribed where there is “clear published evidence of benefit…and need…and where…20 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionI am about to come to that point, which is the key question. The root of the problem is that we are not talking about an illegal prescription; these are legal prescriptions, but…20 May 2019HANSARDMedical Cannabis under PrescriptionMy hon. Friend makes a key point. Those hopes were raised. People were promised medicine but that promise has not been delivered upon. It is a source of great frustration.20 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. The Minister talked earlier about the rise in the total number of trained and untrained Army personnel. What proportion are trained and what proportion untrained?20 May 2019