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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have just returned from seeing Richard Ratcliffe, who is on the 11th day of his hunger strike in support of his wife Nazanin, who still languishes in a prison in Iran. Given the…25 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUMy right hon. Friend spoke about the £100 million being given to the Scottish Government to tackle Brexit. Will he confirm that Scottish nationalists have chosen to spend £10…19 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ14. Last year, an Ofsted report revealed severe shortcomings in the London Borough of Sutton’s special educational needs department. I have since met many parents, such as Hayley…19 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiThe hon. Lady is right. The fact that people have to resort to such things is ridiculous given that we have a comprehensive health system. It is about time Vertex recognised that…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiI will make two more points about mental health, and then I will let someone else intervene. As I said earlier, Oli Rayner said that he effectively spent 10 years preparing to…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiThe hon. Gentleman is right. Cystic fibrosis is a rare disease that particularly affects this part of the world, so we must find a way of working together across the whole of the…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiI beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 231602 relating to access to Orkambi and other drugs for people with cystic fibrosis. It is a pleasure to serve under your…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right; that is a really good point. Actually, the diabetes came from the cystic fibrosis, but he is right to talk about the medication in…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiYou have joined us halfway through the debate, Mr Hanson, and it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I thank all colleagues across the Chamber for their contributions.…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Vertex has a pipeline that should help its shares—their value has doubled over the past few years, and I am sure they will do very well in…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Before I led a similar debate for the Petitions Committee roughly this time last year, I went to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, as I did this…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The young son of the lady who had her Orkambi withdrawn at the end of the trial asked her, “Mum, what was the worst day of your life?” She…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. People are desperate; this has been dangled in front of them and it is about time that we acted. I welcome my hon. Friend the Minister to her…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiThe hon. Gentleman has absolutely nailed it. That is very much the point. This is about human beings, and we are dangling something in front of them that they just cannot access.…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I have been to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust twice, and I was absolutely blown away. It is the kind of organisation that I got into politics to…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiMy hon. Friend is absolutely right.10 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiI am grateful to the hon. Lady for pointing that out.10 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiI am just about to conclude. My hon. Friend the Member for Burton (Andrew Griffiths) made an interesting point. In order not to top the record, I will be finishing very soon.10 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiThe hon. Lady has hit on a really crucial point. The underlying thing that I took away from my meeting with the people living with CF this morning was mental health, which ran…10 Jun 2019HANSARDCystic Fibrosis Drugs: OrkambiThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Northern Ireland must surely be in there too.10 Jun 2019