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HANSARD Medicinal CannabisI apologise for the confusion; I misheard.06 Sept 2021HANSARD Medicinal CannabisI will go on to explain why after my right hon. Friend’s intervention.06 Sept 2021HANSARDCervical ScreeningIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. First, as I think everybody else has done, I thank those who initiated this petition in Fiona Mathewson’s memory,…19 Jul 2021HANSARDCervical ScreeningIndeed I will. I would be happy to write to the hon. Lady, because I have looked at that issue. If there is a chance that someone may have abnormal cells, they should get them…19 Jul 2021HANSARDCervical ScreeningI could not agree more. We heard earlier that a good group of friends can give someone that nudge when they are feeling a little hesitant. As Members said, it is not the greatest…19 Jul 2021HANSARDChildhood ObesityWe are committed to halving childhood obesity in England by 2030, and the 2020 strategy takes decisive action to help everybody to achieve and maintain that healthier weight. We…13 Jul 2021HANSARDChildhood ObesityMy right hon. Friend’s question is music to my ears. He will be pleased to hear that, last week, along with Ministers from DCMS and the DFE, I was in front of the Lords National…13 Jul 2021HANSARDChildhood ObesityI do. This is about helping people and caring for people. We know the detrimental effect obesity has on all stages of our lives. It costs personally, in productivity terms, as…13 Jul 2021HANSARDGeneral Practice Data for Planning and ResearchThe hon. Member and I are both passionate about the use of data to enhance patient care, as she outlined. That is the prize here. We are listening. We are taking our time. The…13 Jul 2021HANSARDGeneral Practice Data for Planning and ResearchWe are committed to being transparent about the collection and use of data. We paused the implementation of GP data for planning and research services, and we have had productive…13 Jul 2021HANSARDGeneral Practice Data for Planning and ResearchI go back to the answer I gave: we do not allow data to be used for commercial purposes. NHS Digital will not approve requests for data where the purpose is for marketing and so…13 Jul 2021HANSARDGeneral Practice Data for Planning and ResearchI really respect the hon. Gentleman, but nothing is being snuck out. We are not doing a data grab. I refer him to the answer I gave a few moments ago. It is important that we get…13 Jul 2021HANSARDPharmacies: Primary CareWe are committed to the five-year community pharmacy contract and to enabling community pharmacy to deliver more clinical services as well as being the first port of call for…13 Jul 2021HANSARDPharmacies: Primary CareI know that the hon. Lady speaks from experience, having been a clinical pharmacist before she came to this place. That potential needs unleashing. We are working across the…13 Jul 2021HANSARD Public Health England: Relocation to HarlowI am most grateful to my right hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon) for securing this debate and for driving home so eloquently the three core threads of his…12 Jul 2021HANSARDDesogestrel Contraceptive: Availability from PharmaciesI am pleased to announce that officials in the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have granted two marketing authorisations to allow the supply through…08 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryThank you very much, Mr Speaker. I agree that we have seen, totally, the best of people—our frontline workers and our NHS workers. They have really stepped up. They need to know…07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryI will give way in a minute. The right hon. Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber is well aware of the public contract regulations, which existed before the pandemic and which allow…07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryThank you, Mr Speaker, for the opportunity to speak in this Opposition day debate on covid-19 contracts and the public inquiry into the handling of the outbreak. Possibly the only…07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryI could not agree more. The vibrancy and quality of the life sciences industry, the pharmaceutical industry and the academic ecosystem in Scotland, in Wales, in Northern Ireland…07 Jul 2021