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HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillIf the Bill solved a specific problem, it could enjoy my support.10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillThe term “anecdote” means, within a scientific context, not statistically proven. While the emotion that the hon. Lady shows on behalf of Ben’s family and other families is…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillThe hon. Lady is being unfair. Listening to my words, she will understand that I have that level of emotion about a very poor and sick child, but I am trying to find a way of…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillNo. Would the hon. Member let me, honestly, make a bit of progress? I hope she does not mind; I think I have been very fair. We have a loving family in a state of limbo, we have…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, and if I do not embarrass him too much, may I also thank him for his service in hospital during the covid pandemic? It is the strength…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI am not sure I completely agree with my hon. Friend on the translation between the two. He almost makes my point for me. He talks about the ubiquity of cannabis on the streets,…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillMy hon. Friend anticipates a couple of points I was about to make. I am talking not just about the individual who is prescribing, but about the medical system. There are rightly…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillThe hon. Lady raises an important point, which I will come to. I think that those individuals are caught in a pincer movement between scientific proof and medical ethics. I am…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI will happily take another intervention once I have been through the issues, but I just want to continue to highlight what this lady, Joanne, is having to do. She has got the…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI agree with you— [ Interruption. ] Oh crap! I agree with the hon. Lady. [ Laughter. ] Might as well get something decent on the record! You can take the girl out of the north of…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI commend the hon. Member for Manchester, Withington (Jeff Smith) for bringing this really important matter to the attention of the House. He has made a wonderful speech that has…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillThis sitting Fridays thing is fascinating. I would absolutely love to give way.10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillThe hon. Lady perhaps needs to let me make some of my points. She keeps asking me, but I am genuinely trying to get there.10 Dec 2021HANSARDPrayersI beg to move, That the House sit in private. Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163).10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI thank my hon. Friend for the clarification. I think I might have used slightly clumsy language. What I am trying to get at is that for therapeutic use, there is still a required…10 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyI welcome the Minister’s statement today. I have many serving and former prison officers in my constituency, and I hear from them at first hand about that sinking feeling when…07 Dec 2021HANSARDTransport for the NorthWay back in 2016, when I was thinner and probably younger looking, I helped a young man by the name of George Osborne set up the Northern Powerhouse Partnership. As part of that,…24 Nov 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyOn retraining opportunities, may I highlight the lifetime skills guarantee as well? If someone has a job and thinks they can do something better, we can give them £2,000 or £3,000…21 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit UpliftThe north Welsh coast, when one goes from Wylfa to Trawsfynydd to Capenhurst, is intimately connected with the north-west of England through Capenhurst, Warrington and all the way…15 Sept 2021HANSARDElectric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure1. What steps he is taking to support the roll-out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.09 Sept 2021