Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill

The amendments seek to remove the part of the Bill that sought to take forward the original propo...

Will the Minister tell us why it is taken him so long to reach this conclusion? Will he also be c...

I am absolutely delighted that the hon. Lady has asked me that question, because it gives me the ...

I should like to state for the record that it has never been the Opposition’s desire to play poli...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for that clarification; it is most welcome.

I want to deal w...

I beg to move amendment 8, page 2, line 20, at end insert—

“(b) the General Medical Council...

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: amendment 9, page 2, line 20, at end in...

Setting aside the fact that I question whether what is left of the Bill is necessary, if the data...

I will speak first to amendments 8 and 9 and then turn my attention to amendment 15. As the hon. ...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris) on introducing this B...

The hon. Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris) may have to shake his watch a little longer. I...

I spoke earlier about the new clauses we tabled, but I did not emphasise my own need for us not t...

I wonder whether the hon. Lady will clarify what she is saying. The database that is referred to ...

I apologise. Yes, I have confused the two, because I really believe that if we are not careful, w...

It is always a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Bury St Edmunds (Jo Churchill). H...

That was a very moving story about Emma. Does my hon. Friend envisage that the database will incl...

Strangely enough, the Bill confers only a general power on the Secretary of State to provide such...

My hon. Friend mentions that Emma got her treatment from the United States, where there is a lot ...

Yes, but in responding to amendments 8 and 9, which were tabled by Her Majesty’s loyal Opposition...

Although people who work in an academic unit will be very aware of trials—a lot of trials are UK-...

I thank the hon. Lady, and I completely concur. I can foresee great benefits for those in the out...

Does my hon. Friend believe that personalised medicine should become a reality over the next litt...

I truly believe that personalised medicine will become a reality. I would like to think that a da...

I have two small points. First, personalised medicine, particularly for breast cancer, has been e...

The hon. Lady speaks with way more experience and knowledge than I do, but from everything I foun...

rose—

I give way to my hon. Friend the guinea pig.

Does my hon. Friend also recognise that an enormous amount of research is taking place in many of...

Clinical research and innovation is happening across our NHS every day. Would it not be wonderful...

I am very ignorant compared with a lot of people in this Chamber, so my question is probably a qu...

I will give way to the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire, who will give a much more informed answe...

I think the hon. Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart) has a much greater admiration for what a comp...

I thank the hon. Lady for her explanation to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Beckenham ...

Honourable.

Soon to be right honourable—I shall try to get her promoted to that position. I am sure there are...

I shall deal with amendments 8 and 9, tabled by the hon. Member for Lewisham East (Heidi Alexande...

I know that the Bill is specifically about access to medical treatments, but, as chair of the all...

My hon. Friend has made a typically interesting and important point. I pay tribute to his work on...

I have listened carefully to the debate on this group of amendments. Although I know that the hon...

We now come to amendment 5. With the leave of the House I will put the questions on amendment 5, ...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I was under the impression that amendment 5 would be c...

The hon. Gentleman is right; we will take amendments 6 and 14 together.

Amendment made: 6, ...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Third time.

It is a tiny bit of a relief to get ...

That clearly encapsulates what we need to be doing: putting the patient at the centre, backed up ...

I completely concur with my hon. Friend. I would like to think that Graham, when he looks at our ...

I echo what the hon. Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris) has said about the cross-party wor...

I once again congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris) on bringin...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Newton Abbot (Anne Marie Morris) and my hon. Frien...

May I share in the sense of relief? I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (...

I put on the record my thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris) for...

My hon. Friend is very kind. I thank him for his comment and am very pleased to hear that news.