Health Services Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill

I rise to speak to new clause 1, which stands in my name; to amendment 8, which is in the name of...

I am intervening in my capacity as chair of the all-party group on diabetes. The diabetes drugs b...

I thank my right hon. Friend for his question. Indeed, if I had known he was in the Chamber, I wo...

Does my hon. Friend find it strange that the regulations that might be made pursuant to the Act—t...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is why there is anxiety that we may end up with a self-f...

I will not detain the House for long. I know that that normally means the start of a very long sp...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that we have to educate people and make them aware of what can ha...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We both serve on the Administration Committee, and whenever b...

I carry mine all the time.

In a little test tube! I carried my own blood to the laboratory, because it was the quickest way ...

Like the shadow Health Minister, we will not obstruct the Bill, because we support the basic aim ...

As hon. Members know, overall I welcome the Bill, which is broadly a socialist Bill. It reinforce...

There is an additional issue. Drugs or treatments are being passed by NICE but not actually intro...

I entirely agree with the hon. Lady, who, as ever, speaks with authority on these issues. I am a ...

I am listening carefully to what the hon. Gentleman is saying about Hinchinbrooke hospital. Might...

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for making my point for me. This is about quality; it i...

I think that what the hon. Gentleman said at the beginning of his comments on Hinchinbrooke —we w...

The right hon. Gentleman may well be correct on that specific point, and I fully accept that. The...

I think that the hon. Gentleman may have stumbled into a quagmire in referring to Hinchinbrooke. ...

The hon. Gentleman has considerably more knowledge than I have. I have talked about evidence-base...

My hon. Friend’s analysis of medical supplies is very interesting. I would have thought that phar...

Medical supplies in this part of the Bill seem to be to do with physical equipment. But, again, w...

I rise to speak to the new clause, the Government amendments and all other amendments tabled on R...

First, I say again that I am very grateful to the Government for publishing the illustrative draf...

As I have indicated, we intend to undertake these reviews every year. It will probably be impossi...

indicated dissent.

The hon. Lady is shaking her head. That is my information, but if that is not the case, perhaps s...

It is a new medicines and rare diseases fund, and it includes orphan, ultra-orphan and end of lif...

No, it is not only for end of life, but also for rare diseases. That was my understanding, but I ...

Does the Minister accept that it is a slightly bizarre public relations thing to have a medicines...

The new cancer drugs fund was set up specifically to provide funds to deal with one of the most c...

I understand where the Minister is going with that, but I want to caution him. He spoke earlier a...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his advice, but I am afraid that I do not think it is rel...

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I will give way, but then I will make some progress.

I thank the Minister for kindly giving way. The cancer drugs fund has a budget of some £350 milli...

It might if the move was always in the same direction. My concern is that the amount could declin...

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I am afraid that I must press on to cover the Government amendments.

Government amendments ...

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I would like to conclude this point for the hon. Lady, as I hope it will satisfy her. Her concern...

I welcome the Minister’s comments, and I am happy not to press the amendment if we can reach the ...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for that clarification. I think this is best addressed through a m...

I beg to ask leave to withdraw the clause.

Clause, by leave, withdrawn.

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

As we have already discussed today, ...

The Wrekin.

I stand corrected—my hon. Friend the Member for The Wrekin (Mark Pritchard), under whose chairman...

As the Minister said, the Bill is designed to enable the NHS better to control the cost of medici...

I will open my remarks with thanks, because this is the first Bill that I have helped to take thr...

I propose, Madam Deputy Speaker, not to take the remaining three hours. Earlier, when the Ministe...

Order. May I remind the hon. Gentleman that the Bill is quite specific and that this is a Third R...

I am grateful to you for your guidance, Madam Deputy Speaker. As I have said, I am putting the Bi...