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Medicines and Medical Devices Bill

Debate on bills on Wednesday, 2 September 2020, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Bethell. The answering member was Baroness Thornton.
Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Grand Committee.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

805 cc370-435 

Session

2019-21

Legislative stage

Second reading

Procedure

Hybrid proceedings

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill 2019-21. Brought from the Commons.
Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Bills
House of Lords
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill: Briefing for Lords Stages
Thursday, 2 July 2020
Research briefings
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill. Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee nineteenth report.
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill. Constitution Committee (HL) tenth report.
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords

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Deposited Paper DEP2020-0713
Monday, 9 November 2020
Deposited papers
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Bethell | 805 cc371-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill is crucial to the development of a modern, safe,...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 805 cc373-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister and declare my interests as a member of the GMC board and as presi...


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Baroness Barker | 805 cc375-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Brexit poses many threats to the economy and well-being of UK citizens. Perhaps the gre...

Lord Patel | 805 cc376-8 (Link to this contribution)

My time limit curtails me from commenting on the Minister’s or other speeches, so I shall get on....

Lord Lansley | 805 cc378-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome the Bill. As my noble friend rightly said in a very positive opening speech, ...

Lord O'Shaughnessy | 805 cc379-381 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register, in particular as an adviser to Intui...

Lord Collins of Highbury | 805 cc381-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath mentioned the China Tribunal’s final report an...

Baroness Northover | 805 cc382-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I want to address two areas. The first is the future of life sciences research and the ...

Lord Alton of Liverpool | 805 cc383-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare an interest as vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hormone Pre...

Baroness Cumberlege | 805 cc384-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I stand before you as a person who was shaken by the experience of personally listening...

Baroness Andrews | 805 cc385-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness and to pledge our support—I feel sure of...

Baroness Walmsley | 805 cc386-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I very much agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Andrews. The Bill covers a multitude of...

Lord Ramsbotham | 805 c387 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare an interest as co-chair of the All-Party Group on Speech and Language Difficu...

Lord Ribeiro | 805 cc387-390 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will focus my contribution on the safety of medical devices, post-marketing surveilla...

Lord Turnberg | 805 cc390-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I, like most other noble Lords, have been inundated with briefings from a range of inte...

Lord Clement-Jones | 805 cc391-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as we have heard loud and clear today, this Bill is fraught with many critical flaws th...

Baroness Butler-Sloss | 805 c392 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will raise two issues, the first being organ harvesting. I propose to support the ame...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 805 cc392-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, many noble Lords, including the noble Baronesses, Lady Andrews and Lady Walmsley, have ...

Lord Balfe | 805 cc393-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too extend my congratulations to the Minister on introducing the Bill. I suspect it w...

Lord Bradley | 805 cc394-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall raise just one issue—that of prescribing rights, already highlighted by the nob...

Baroness Burt of Solihull | 805 cc395-6 (Link to this contribution)

A lady local to me wrote to me about the excellent Cumberlege report. She said: “Mesh has ruined ...

Baroness O'Loan | 805 cc396-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I would like to thank the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, for her excellent work on th...

Lord Brennan | 805 cc398-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this Bill, the scope of your Lordships’ debate and the report from the noble Baroness, ...

Baroness Whitaker | 805 c399 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this potentially useful Bill raises many questions. I declare my interests as patron of...

Lord Sharkey | 805 cc399-400 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests as chair of the Association of Medical Research Charities, whose...

Lord Woolf | 805 cc400-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I begin by referring to the entries in the register regarding my legal career.

Wh...

Lord Sheikh | 805 cc401-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support this Bill as it will enable us to put together and implement the various regu...

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | 805 cc402-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I came in earlier today to listen to the Minister respond to the Question asked by my n...

Lord Rennard | 805 cc403-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Bill is necessitated by Brexit but, as many noble Lords have said, it does not prov...

Lord Kakkar | 805 cc404-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this Bill. In so doing, I remind noble Lords of my...

Baroness Redfern | 805 cc405-6 (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate the Minister on introducing this important Bill and the review team, led by my nob...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 805 c406 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Lord, Lord Gadhia, has withdrawn from the debate, so I now call the noble Baroness, Lad...

Baroness Sheehan | 805 cc406-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will raise an issue that was not raised in the other place; I cannot hope to do it ju...

Lord McColl of Dulwich | 805 c408 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Cumberlege and her committee on producing such a th...

Baroness Penn | 805 c408 (Link to this contribution)

I am afraid that we can no longer hear my noble friend. If he would make his concluding point, th...

Lord McColl of Dulwich | 805 c408 (Link to this contribution)

Perhaps those who spend so much time attacking the Government about this and that might like to t...

Baroness Uddin | 805 cc408-410 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I express at the outset my gratitude to many organisations, including the BHF, PSA, Bir...

Baroness Masham of Ilton | 805 c410 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have a personal interest in this most important Bill, as medicines have saved my life...

Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 805 cc410-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I suspect that much of my contribution will echo that of other noble Lords as this vita...

Lord Mancroft | 805 cc412-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the purpose of the Bill before us today is set out very clearly in the Long Title and f...

Lord Bhatia | 805 c413 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this Bill is being debated against the background of the UK exiting the EU by the end o...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 805 cc413-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my registered medical and university interests, and that my son is developing...

Lord Blencathra | 805 cc415-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I wholeheartedly agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff, that Britain c...

Baroness Watkins of Tavistock | 805 cc416-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I feel that I have drawn the short straw, speaking at this point.

Like other nobl...

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 805 cc417-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, like many noble Lords who have spoken today, I agree that the provision of high-quality...

Baroness Hollins | 805 cc418-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register and congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Cumbe...

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 805 cc419-421 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I refer to my interests as declared in the register.

I pay tribute to all those w...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 805 cc420-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare an interest as chief executive of the research and care charity Breast Cancer...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 805 c422 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Lord, Lord Darzi, has withdrawn, so I now call the noble Lord, Lord Freyberg.

6.2...

Lord Freyberg | 805 cc422-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have spoken at length about the value of harnessing healthcare data in the UK, and th...

Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 805 cc423-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for the excellent way in which he introduced this Bill. Sec...

Earl of Devon | 805 cc424-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am not a medicines or medical devices expert, but I have enjoyed this debate and have...

Baroness Jolly | 805 cc425-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am sorry that my noble friend Lady Brinton is unwell and not able to lead today. I ho...

Baroness Thornton | 805 cc427-430 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing the Bill, all noble Lords for their contributions ...

Lord Bethell | 805 cc430-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, what a debate. This is without doubt the House of Lords at its best, with thoughtful an...

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