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HANSARD Medicinal Cannabis: Economic ContributionI thank the hon. Member for that; I will gladly take a copy on the way out. I hope he will excuse the fact that I am not an expert in this field, but I will happily take that…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Medicinal Cannabis: Economic ContributionThank you, Mr Stringer. My right hon. and learned Friend makes a good point. When we meet the members of the APPG, it is very hard not to be moved and to want to do all in our…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Medicinal Cannabis: Economic ContributionI thank my right hon. and learned Friend for his intervention. I think we are probably in violent agreement on this point. I cannot specifically speak to regulation or licensing…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Medicinal Cannabis: Economic ContributionThe hon. Gentleman raises a fair point, but he raises it as if this is something new or novel; it is not. All medicines in this country are either unlicensed or licensed. For use…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Medicinal Cannabis: Economic ContributionThe hon. Member tempts me—it is always tempting—to respond on behalf of another Government Department and Minister. I mentioned that because it is my understanding that the…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Medicinal Cannabis: Economic ContributionThat is a difficult question to answer. We need people to take part in clinical trials, which are the answer to so many of the challenges that we face in the health sphere. That…20 Apr 2023HANSARD Medicinal Cannabis: Economic ContributionI do not want to labour the point, but the point is that it has not passed those tests. It is either a licensed product or an unlicensed product. To be licensed, a product must go…20 Apr 2023HANSARDCorrection to Written Parliamentary QuestionsBetween May and June 2022, 13 parliamentary questions (PQs) were answered regarding the UK Health Security Agency testing covid-19 variants for a pre-exposure prophylaxis antibody…17 Apr 2023HANSARDNHS England: Revised Financial DirectionsMy hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State, Lord Markham, has made the following written statement: I am revising the 2022-23 variation to the financial directions to NHS England…30 Mar 2023HANSARD Medical Technology Regulations and the NHSIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Gosport (Dame Caroline Dinenage) on securing this important debate. I am…28 Mar 2023HANSARD Hospital Provision: Tees ValleyI thank my hon. Friend for his question. I know from his persistence in campaigning for the community diagnostic centre that his continued persistence in campaigning for a new…28 Mar 2023HANSARD Hospital Provision: Tees ValleyI agree with the hon. Gentleman that we need to invest in new facilities up and down the country. From spending time in Hartlepool speaking to residents, certainly during the…28 Mar 2023HANSARD Hospital Provision: Tees ValleyI absolutely guarantee and assure my hon. Friend that I will get that meeting with Lord Markham arranged as soon as is practically possible, but certainly in the next few days. I…28 Mar 2023HANSARD Hospital Provision: Tees ValleyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hartlepool (Jill Mortimer) on securing this important debate about…28 Mar 2023HANSARDCyber-security StrategyMy hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Lord Markham, has made the following written statement: I am pleased to announce the publication of the Cyber-security…22 Mar 2023HANSARDClinical Trials Consultation ResponseThe Government have announced plans to overhaul the legislation that governs clinical trials, to introduce a series of measures to make it faster and easier to run clinical trials…21 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Health Education England (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. We need medics across the NHS in various functions: consultants, doctors, surgeons, allied health professionals, nurses, nursing…20 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Health Education England (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Health Education England (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023. It is a…20 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Health Education England (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023I thank the hon. Gentleman for his support and that of the Opposition Front-Bench team. I will go through his questions in reverse order. First, the NHS long-term workforce plan…20 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Health Education England (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023I thank my right hon. Friend for his question. He is right to raise dentistry, because, as he rightly points out, there are dental deserts across the country. The Under-Secretary…20 Mar 2023