Medicines and Medical Devices Bill

I have received a request to speak after the Minister from the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton.

I gave the Minister notice last week that I might well want to speak after her, and I am doing th...

To reassure the noble Baroness, I can tell her that the Opposition’s position on the government a...

My Lords, I thank the Minister most sincerely for her full and comprehensive—I might even say per...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 28. I remind noble Lords that anybody wishing to...

Moved by

Lord Patel

28: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—

“Innov...

My Lords, this amendment was tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, who unfortunately is not abl...

My Lords, I am glad to support the noble Lord, Lord Patel, and I have a great deal of sympathy wi...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for moving this amendment. I also pay tribute to my...

I call the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff. Lady Finlay? I think we had better move on an...

My Lords, this amendment would require the Secretary of State to establish the innovative medicin...

My Lords, I support this amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Patel. It is very much the ambition ...

I thank the Committee for allowing me to come in a bit late; I apologise for that.

Noble Lo...

My Lords, this debate has once again focused the Committee’s mind on the importance of innovation...

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

My Lords, before the noble Lord winds up, I want to thank the Minister. Clearly, the fund is welc...

The noble Lord speaks with great passion. He is right that the debate goes wider than the innovat...

I have also received a request to speak after the Minister from the noble Lord, Lord O’Shaughness...

I apologise for my email ineptitude.

I am grateful to my noble friend for her response. I w...

I am reminded that my noble friend Lord Lansley referred to the collective noun for former Health...

Thank you, my Lords. I apologise to the Chair for jumping in. I forget that, in the new world, I ...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 30. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

30: Clause 3, page 2, line 39, leave out “, for any purpos...

This clause deals with falsified medicines and is a very important clause, and it is important th...

I very much support my noble friend in these amendments. As they have with her, a number of organ...

The noble Lords, Lord O’Shaughnessy and Lord Clement-Jones, have withdrawn. I therefore call the ...

I should apologise to noble Lords: my noble friend Lord Clement-Jones is unable to be part of tod...

My Lords, I understand that the intention of Amendment 30, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lad...

I thank the Minister for his detailed response. I just have to wonder why the consultation did no...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 40. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to ...

Moved by

Lord Patel

40: Clause 4, page 3, line 25, at end insert—

“(f) about re...

My Lords, I shall curtail my remarks, as time is limited and this is very much a probing amendmen...

My understanding is that the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, has withdrawn, so I call the noble Barones...

My Lords, since March 2011, the European Medicines Agency made available information on clinical ...

My Lords, I will not add much more, as I am very interested to hear what the Minister has to say....

My Lords, in response to the point of the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, the noble Lord, Lord Pat...

I thank the Minister for his response, as I thank all other noble Lords who have spoken. A small ...

Moved by

Lord Bethell

43: Clause 5, page 3, line 35, leave out from “regulations,” to...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 46, and I remind noble Lords that anyone wishin...

Moved by

Baroness Wheeler

46: Clause 6, page 4, line 12, leave out paragraph (b)

I am pleased to move Amendment 46 in the name of my noble friend Lady Thornton, which, alongside ...

My Lords, I am very glad to support my noble friend Lady Wheeler. I will not repeat what she said...

My Lords, I support these amendments. They touch on the issues and arguments returned to in respe...

The noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, has withdrawn, so I call the noble Baroness, Lady Jolly.

My Lords, we support these amendments, which relate to the disapplication of regulatory provision...

My Lords, the lockdown debate later this afternoon brings home the significance of an emergency l...

My Lords, I have received a request to speak after the Minister from the noble Lord, Lord Patel.<...

My Lords, I say respectfully to my friend the Minister that he is putting up smokescreens. As he ...

I welcome the challenge from the noble Lord, but the examples we have given are also more recent,...

I thank noble Lords for their contributions in supporting the amendment—the noble Lord, Lord Hunt...

Moved by

Lord Bethell

48: After Clause 6, insert the following new Clause—

“Dis...

That concludes the work of the Committee this afternoon. I remind Members to sanitise their desks...