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Medicines and Medical Devices Bill

Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Wednesday, 28 October 2020, in the House of Lords.
Lords committee stage (third day). Clause 1, amendment 19, debate resumed and amendment withdrawn. Amendments 20-22 not moved. Clause 1, as amended, agreed to. Clause 2, amendment 23, debated and withdrawn. Clause 2, amendment 24, debated and withdrawn. Amendment 25 not moved. Sitting suspended. On resuming, clause 2, amendment 26, debated and withdrawn. Clause 2, amendment 27, debated.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

807 cc117-184GC 

Session

2019-21

Department

Department of Health and Social Care

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Procedure

Hybrid proceedings

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords Grand Committee

Related items

Medicines and Medical Devices Bill 2019-21. Brought from the Commons.
Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Bills
House of Lords
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

Proceeding contributions

Lord Patel | 807 cc118-9GC (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Chairman. It is a pleasure to resume where the Committee left off last Monday. I will ...

Lord Stunell | 807 cc119-120GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I endorse what the noble Lord, Lord Patel, has said about the excellent speech of my no...


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Lord Sharkey | 807 cc120-1GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Stunell. As my noble friend Lady Sheeha...

Baroness Barker | 807 cc121-2GC (Link to this contribution)

I thank my noble friend Lady Sheehan for her introduction to this amendment and the noble Lord, L...

Baroness Thornton | 807 cc122-3GC (Link to this contribution)

The Committee owes the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan, a debt of gratitude for bringing forward thi...

Lord Bethell | 807 cc123-5GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, there can be absolutely no doubt about the importance of patient access to medicines. T...

Baroness Henig | 807 c124GC (Link to this contribution)

I have received a request to speak after the Minister from the noble Lord, Lord Alton.

Lord Alton of Liverpool | 807 cc124-6GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bethell, for the response he has given to the debate, but ...

Lord Bethell | 807 c126GC (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for his questions. On remdesivir, I will be glad to find out ...

Baroness Sheehan | 807 cc126-7GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been a quite passionate debate and I am profoundly grateful to all noble Lords...

Baroness Henig | 807 c127GC (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 23. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Baroness Wheeler | 807 cc127-8GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Wheeler

23: Clause 2, page 2, line 8, leave out paragraph (c)

Baroness Wheeler | 807 cc128-130GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am pleased to move Amendment 23, in the name of my noble friend Lady Thornton, and to...

Lord Clement-Jones | 807 cc130-2GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I want to speak to Amendment 29 in my name and those of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, and ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 807 cc132-3GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am glad to add my name to Amendments 23 and 29. I am a strong supporter of community ...

Lord Lansley | 807 cc133-5GC (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Wheeler, and the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for tabling the...

Baroness Jolly | 807 c135GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their kind words and messages. I now have a tentative diagnosis...

Baroness Penn | 807 cc135-8GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as we have heard, hub and spoke is an issue on which there was debate in the Commons an...

Baroness Henig | 807 c138GC (Link to this contribution)

There are no requests to speak after the Minister, so I now call the noble Baroness, Lady Wheeler...

Lord Clement-Jones | 807 c138GC (Link to this contribution)

I was very struck by the support for pharmacists and pharmacy services throughout this debate. It...

Baroness Penn | 807 c139GC (Link to this contribution)

I will pick up on the noble Lord’s point about timing. The Government acknowledge that this has b...

Baroness Henig | 807 c139GC (Link to this contribution)

The noble Lord, Lord Hunt, would also like to come in at this point.

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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 807 c139GC (Link to this contribution)

I just wanted to come back to the consultation. I am grateful to the Minister for her full and en...

Baroness Penn | 807 c139GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the commitment on the consultation is that it would be a public one, in line with the g...

Baroness Wheeler | 807 cc139-140GC (Link to this contribution)

Some of the points I was going to come back on have been raised pertinently by the noble Lord, Lo...

Lord Lexden | 807 c140GC (Link to this contribution)

We now come to Amendment 24. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to speak after the Minister...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 807 c140GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

24: Clause 2, page 2, line 23, at end insert—

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 807 cc141-2GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the world is increasingly aware of China’s forced organ harvesting from prisoners of co...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 807 cc142-4GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the powerful speech of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of K...

Baroness Jolly | 807 cc144-5GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, and signed by my noble friend L...

Lord Ribeiro | 807 cc145-6GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I was delighted to add my name to the amendment, so ably introduced by the noble Lord, ...

Lord Alton of Liverpool | 807 cc146-150GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to be able to follow the noble Lord, Lord Ribeiro, and to suppor...

Lord Lexden | 807 c149GC (Link to this contribution)

The noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, has withdrawn, so I call the noble Lord, Lo...

Lord Patel | 807 cc149-152GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is always very difficult to follow the noble Lord, Lord Alton of Liverpool, because ...

Lord Lexden | 807 c152GC (Link to this contribution)

The noble Baroness, Lady Stroud, who is next on the list, has withdrawn so I call the noble Lord,...

Lord Sheikh | 807 cc152-3GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I fully support Amendment 24. The issue of organ harvesting was raised in the other pla...

Baroness Northover | 807 cc153-5GC (Link to this contribution)

I am very pleased to have added my name to Amendment 24. The noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath...

Lord Collins of Highbury | 807 cc155-7GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I begin by thanking all noble Lords who put their name to this amendment, because it tr...

Baroness Penn | 807 cc157-8GC (Link to this contribution)

Let me begin by thanking noble Lords for their time last week when they spoke to me and my noble ...

Lord Lexden | 807 c159GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have received a request to speak after the Minister from the noble Baroness, Lady Nor...

Baroness Northover | 807 c159GC (Link to this contribution)

Can the Minister tell me whether she has read the China Tribunal report in preparation for this a...

Baroness Penn | 807 c159GC (Link to this contribution)

My apologies to the noble Baroness, Lady Northover. I have read the findings of the report and wi...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 807 cc159-160GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been a very powerful debate. Each contribution has been measured and the produ...

Baroness Fookes | 807 c160GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Grand Committee is resuming its deliberations. We now come to the group beginning w...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 807 c160GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

26: Clause 2, page 2, line 23, at end insert—

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 807 cc160-3GC (Link to this contribution)

I should explain that the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, is required in the main Chamber to speak i...

Baroness Cumberlege | 807 cc161-4GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak briefly in support of Amendment 84 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady...

Lord Kakkar | 807 cc164-6GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 97 in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Patel. In so ...

Lord O'Shaughnessy | 807 cc165-7GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow that excellent exposition of his and other amendments by the...

Lord Patel | 807 cc167-8GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 97 in the name of my noble friend Lord Kakkar, to which I hav...

Baroness Jolly | 807 cc168-9GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, made some telling remarks and asked some searching...

Baroness Thornton | 807 cc169-170GC (Link to this contribution)

This has been a wholly positive and helpful debate, and I hope that it will lead to improving the...

Lord Bethell | 807 cc170-3GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I start by endorsing the comments of the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, and saying that...

Baroness Fookes | 807 c171GC (Link to this contribution)

I have received a request to speak after the Minister. I call the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege...

Baroness Cumberlege | 807 cc171-4GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it has been a really interesting debate. One of the things that I have found so wonderf...

Lord Bethell | 807 c174GC (Link to this contribution)

I completely endorse the words of the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, about the failings around ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 807 cc174-5GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I know what the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, means when we have the privilege of he...

Baroness Fookes | 807 cc175-6GC (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 27. I again remind noble Lords that anyone wish...

Lord Patel | 807 c176GC (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Patel

27: Clause 2, page 2, line 35, at end insert—

“( ) Regulati...

Lord Patel | 807 cc176-8GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I speak to Amendment 27, and I am immensely grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Ki...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 807 cc178-9GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, that was a very interesting opening speech from the noble Lord, Lord Patel, and I am ve...

Lord O'Shaughnessy | 807 cc179-180GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I speak in support of the intention of Amendment 27 in the names of the noble Lords, Lo...

Lord Clement-Jones | 807 cc180-1GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very glad that I put my name down to speak on this group of amendments. I had desi...

Baroness Fookes | 807 c181GC (Link to this contribution)

I understand that the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, has withdrawn so I call the next speaker on the l...

Baroness Jolly | 807 cc181-2GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Patel, set the tone for this debate. I share the concerns of the n...

Baroness Thornton | 807 cc182-4GC (Link to this contribution)

This is a slightly strange time to be making this speech, because it seems likely that we will no...

Baroness Penn | 807 c184GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am responding as a Whip, rather than as a Minister. I understand that this is not the...

Baroness Fookes | 807 c184GC (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, that concludes the work of the Committee this afternoon. The Committee stands adjourned...

Subjects

Drugs
Medical equipment

Legislation

Medicines and Medical Devices Bill 2019-21

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