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HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI thank my hon. Friend for that comment. Very often in political debate we are driven by emotion, and that is right, because we have that emotion driving us forward to make…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillOn the NICE guidelines and the clinical evidence, does my hon. Friend agree that all medication, whether cannabis-based, heroin-based or cocaine-based medication, must have…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillIs it in relation to this point?10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI thank the hon. Lady for her passion. The whole point of debates in this Chamber is to properly scrutinise proposed legislation so that we make the right decisions.10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. I retract the statement that “we all know”, but there is a risk that some people may use medicinal cannabis as an excuse for growing…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI welcome this important debate brought by the hon. Member for Manchester, Withington (Jeff Smith). Since 1 November 2018, cannabis-based products for medicinal use have been…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillMy hon. Friend raises a very good point. I would add that perhaps the reason why GPs are not forthcoming when it comes to working with specialist doctors is that they want to…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI am sure the Minister has heard my hon. Friend’s comments and will take them on board.10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI thank my hon. Friend for his points. I have now forgotten his first point—I apologise for that—but I will come on later to clinical trials and the funding for them. Could he…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI wish to focus on clause 9 but will refer to amendment 12. Clause 9 amends the deprivation of citizenship powers in the British Nationality Act 1981. Currently, as Members have…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI agree, in that I, too, have constituents who have been waiting for five years for their asylum status to be decided. I am sure that the Minister agrees that the Home Office…07 Dec 2021HANSARDDraft Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2021I just wanted to clarify something. I know the age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10, so I was a bit confused about lifting it up to 12. It is something we can…01 Dec 2021HANSARDDraft Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2021rose—01 Dec 2021HANSARDBaltic States: Economic and Security Relationship9. What diplomatic steps she has taken to help strengthen the UK’s economic and security relationship with the Baltic states.30 Nov 2021HANSARDBaltic States: Economic and Security RelationshipThe Governments of the Baltic states, as well as their citizens, suffer from persistent, strategic and aggressive Russian propaganda and misinformation, designed to undermine…30 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillMy hon. Friend makes a good point. If people really want to target us and steal paperwork from our house, they would have to break in. That might be a little more difficult than…26 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillI do not think we can guarantee that anything cannot be hacked, but the fact is this is a good Bill. It would cut costs and protect the environment, and this is something we must…26 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillI thank my hon. Friend for explaining that point. Obviously with all electronic information storage it is vital that we have the right security and that legislation is kept up to…26 Nov 2021HANSARDRegisters of Births and Deaths BillI welcome the Bill introduced by my hon. Friend the Member for Meriden (Saqib Bhatti), which seeks to make provision on the keeping and maintenance of registers of births and…26 Nov 2021HANSARDPension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) BillMy hon. Friend said that he is on his fifth pensions Bill. Is it right that pensioners are better off now than they were 10 or 15 years ago?26 Nov 2021