Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill

My Lords, I echo the comments of my noble friend Lord Saatchi on the quality of the debate in the...

My Lords, I support the Bill and congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Saatchi, on introducing it in ...

My Lords, I am delighted to support this Bill and hope that it will have a swift passage through ...

Would many current surgical procedures have been authorised if they had had to go through the kin...

We would not have had stents put in hearts, bypasses, ablations—

Marie Curie.

Yes, we would not have had Marie Curie’s radiation treatment. One of my children is an oncologist...

My Lords, I declare an interest in that I would benefit personally if some medical innovation or ...

My Lords, I, too, am delighted to support the Bill. I speak today, as many noble Lords do, as one...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for bringing the Bill to your Lordships’ House and I commend him...

My assumption is not based on when the Queen’s Speech would be or when the Commons rises. In the ...

But on that basis, even if there were no Committee or Report stage, it would still be too late. W...

My Lords, it has been a fascinating debate. I was not here when we have had debates about this Bi...

My Lords, before the noble Lord finishes, will he agree that the excuse of confidentiality can be...

My Lords, all my experience over the last 15 years is that openness and transparency are critical...

I appreciate that no Minister at the Dispatch Box would dare make any commitment about more time ...

I was going to come to that point right at the end. The noble Lord, Lord Hunt, raised it as well....

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate and earlier debates. As last tim...