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HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI just want—10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI agree with my hon. Friend, because we have a regulatory pathway in place—I will come back to this a little later, when I can move on with my speech—under the Misuse of Drugs Act…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI agree with my hon. Friend. That reminds me of a request I made to our local CCG. It is up to MPs to lobby local CCGs and for constituents to lobby their MPs. I lobbied our local…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI thank my hon. Friend for prompting me to remember it. Neurofibromatosis is a terribly rare disease. It would be great if we could have the café au lait marks put in children’s…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI thank my hon. Friend for his comments. I agree that there is huge scope for the pharmaceutical industry in this area. The latest clinical guidelines from NICE demonstrate a…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI agree with my hon. Friend. We all have huge sympathy with the Bill. I hope that, with the debate and the discussions going on today, we all—the manufacturers, the Ministers and…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI am not a science geek. I would not even say that I was a legal eagle geek, but I do understand that primary legislation is very important in certain circumstances, but perhaps…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI will give way in a minute. We already have legislation and pathways in place. The Government have made big inroads on facilitating cannabis-based products for NHS prescription.…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) Billrose—10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI thank the hon. Member for her intervention, but more clinical evidence is required on cannabis-based drugs. It is really important that that clinical evidence is there for…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillThe hon. Lady is clearly very passionate about this, but I feel very strongly that we have to make sure that all the right safeguards are in place. Many of these patients are…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I understand that we have to use the right terminology because it depersonalises the debate, which is most important. I am not sure whether I…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention, but if we only had debate in Committee, many hon. Members would not get to put forward their view, because they might not be on that…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillHon. Members have made great strides today. To go back to clause (3)(1)(a), which proposes that a commission should be established to, “propose a framework for the assessment of…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend.10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI agree on that point, and I wholeheartedly agree that we need to take more action to speed up the registering of prescription drugs, particularly if they are cannabis-based and…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI completely agree. It is a really positive step that the NHS refractory epilepsy specialist clinical advisory service has been established to support clinicians working with…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI do not want to conflate them, but we have to be aware of that. We must also be aware that using cannabis, medicinally or otherwise, carries risk. There is really not enough data…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI absolutely welcome that intervention from the hon. Lady. Thirty brain seizures a day would have a devastating impact on a child, but we also have to look at the cost-benefit…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI will give way, but can I then make some progress? Is it on this point?10 Dec 2021