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HANSARDEnd of Universal Credit UpliftAlthough the recent changes to the taper rate and the work allowance are welcome, they simply do not go far enough. The Resolution Foundation’s analysis found that huge increases…13 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillThat is quite incredible. I invite every Conservative Member to join the APPG on access to medical cannabis under prescription, to understand better where we are. We are not in a…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillWill the hon. Lady give way?10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillThe problem is that we have been having this discussion for many years—ad infinitum. The hon. Lady is standing here today painting that picture. Ben has already had every single…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI would not personally insult the hon. Lady because I do not think that this place is the place to do it. I will happily have a conversation with her afterwards. The issue we have…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillThe hon. Lady says that it is complicated, which it is, but we are now in a ridiculous situation. There is something or someone in the system blocking medicinal cannabis getting…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillIt has been four years.10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillAs co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group for access to medical cannabis under prescription, I know very well the person and child described by the hon. Lady. Joanne…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillAgain, the hon. Lady’s generosity in giving way is noted. On that point, is she trying to say that the prescriptions that have already been written privately by experienced…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillWhat has been put to the House today is a solution and a way forward following almost four and a half years’ work. Every single option has been explored, and it really disappoints…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI rise to support the Bill. I am very proud of the work that my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Withington (Jeff Smith) has done to break the barrier that is there. I…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillAbsolutely. I really want to know what they are going to do. This has been collaborative, cross-party work, and I have had good conversations with the Secretary of State this week…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI understand what the hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Dr Mullan) is saying, but he is not making a like-for-like comparison. Rachel Rankmore and her partner Craig have looked…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillSome of the voices that we have heard in the House today have talked about an unlicensed drug. The children who we have been talking about have been taking unlicensed drugs. I…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillDo I understand the hon. Member well in thinking that he is saying that medical scientists do not know anything? We have allowed these children to have the medicinal cannabis. Is…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his generosity in giving way again. This debate has been had in the House for many years. We have spoken about it a lot. I would like to extend an…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. The hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Lia Nici) makes a valid point. We have asked for a pot of money. We went to the Department of Health…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillOn that point, the cost of having a child at home on medicinal cannabis is a lot less than the cost of having that child in hospital. We have 20 children who are living proof of…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI thank the hon. Lady for her generosity, but it is very frustrating to be sitting on these Benches and listening to what she is saying, because it is not true. The problem is…10 Dec 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis (Access) BillI will not give way because I need to make progress, and I said I would not take up too much time. We got somewhere with the previous Minister, the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds…10 Dec 2021