Medicines and Medical Devices Bill

My Lords, I said at Second Reading that we on these Benches are supportive of the extension of pr...

My Lords, I support my noble friend’s amendment and the potential for increasing prescribing resp...

My Lords, I must declare two interests in explaining why I have put my name to the amendment—firs...

My Lords, I am pleased to support this timely amendment, which, as we have heard, would introduce...

It is a great pleasure to follow the four noble Lords who tabled this amendment, all of whom are ...

My Lords, I support Amendment 49 in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, and the noble...

My Lords, I recognise that there is keen interest in how we may use powers in Clause 2(1)(n) of t...

I have received no requests to speak after—

I actually just sent in my name.

Oh, right. I have received one request to speak after the Minister. I call the noble Baroness, La...

I am sorry; it was possibly delayed. It was really just to ask the noble Baroness: when is the ea...

I might need to pick this up with the noble Baroness in writing afterwards. The consultation will...

If these were normal times, I would have just popped up and asked that question.

I thank my...

Moved by

Lord Bethell

51: Clause 8, page 5, line 12, at end insert—

“(1A) The a...

Moved by

Lord Bethell

54: Clause 8, page 5, line 13, leave out “making regulations un...

Moved by

Lord Bethell

56: Clause 8, page 5, line 15, leave out “in relation to animal...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 62. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to ...

Moved by

Baroness Wheeler

62: Clause 9, page 6, line 11, at end insert—

“(1A) T...

My Lords, I am pleased to move Amendment 62 in the name of my noble friend Lady Thornton. It amen...

The noble Baroness, Lady Wheeler, has given a really good description of the cascade and the way ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Wheeler, for raising the important issue of t...

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jolly, for her support and the Minister for her response. As I s...

Moved by

Lord Bethell

64: Clause 10, page 6, line 27, leave out from “regulations,” t...

Moved by

Lord Bethell

66: After Clause 10, insert the following new Clause—

“Di...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 67A. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...

Moved by

Baroness Jolly

67A: After Clause 11, insert the following new Clause—

...

My Lords, this Bill is about medicines and medical devices, and also includes veterinary medicine...

My Lords, I am pleased to speak to government Amendment 131, merely to ask a question. The amendm...

My Lords, I put my name down to speak on this group primarily to speak to Amendment 106 in the na...

My Lords, our Amendment 106, which I am speaking to on behalf of my noble friend Lady Thornton, i...

My Lords, Amendment 67A, put forward by the noble Baroness, Lady Jolly, relates to veterinary dev...

I have received one request to speak after the Minister. I call the noble Lord, Lord Patel.

I merely wish to ask the Minister about the consolidation legislation, to which he referred. Am I...

I will get to back to the noble Lord with the specific answer to that question, if I may.

My Lords, I shall not detain the Committee for very long. I thank the Minister for his comments. ...

Moved by

Lord Bethell

68: Clause 12, page 7, line 22, at end insert—

“(1A) The ...

Moved by

Lord Bethell

72: Clause 12, page 7, line 23, leave out “making regulations u...

Moved by

Lord Bethell

77: Clause 12, page 7, line 27, leave out paragraph (c) and ins...

Moved by

Lord Freyberg

83: Clause 12, page 7, line 28, at end insert—

“(3) With...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for the opportunity to speak today about medical devices that make...

My Lords, I want to strongly support the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Freyberg,...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow two such wonderfully informed and informative speeches...

My Lords, the amendments in this group relate to technologies. Amendment 83, from the noble Lord,...

My Lords, the noble Lords, Lord Freyberg and Lord Clement-Jones, have done the Committee a great ...

My Lords, all the amendments in this group deal with the important matter of forward-thinking reg...

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

I thank the noble Baroness the Minister. This is such an important issue, with the potential for ...

My Lords, the consultation will look at the specific issue of medical device regulation that take...

My Lords, I first thank the Minister for her attentiveness during my very long and quite tortuous...

We come now to the group beginning with Amendment 86. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Moved by

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

86: Clause 13, page 8, line 11, after “and” inse...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 86, 88 and 102, standing in my name, and in support of Amend...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, who made a powerful case fo...

My Lords, I very much appreciate the support that I have already received today from the noble Ba...

My Lords, I add my voice to those of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, and the noble Lord, Lord Ri...

My Lords, I am pleased to speak to this group of amendments, and to thank the noble Baroness, Lad...

My Lords, we support the amendments in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff, ...

My Lords, I have greatly appreciated this debate, the expertise, and the explanations we have bee...

My Lords, I am enormously grateful for that really important discussion of these critical amendme...

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

Can the Minister run it by me again how this will protect patients? I heard a lot being said abou...

I can give a couple of illustrative examples if that would be helpful, but to run through the who...

I am incredibly grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. It has been very impo...

We now come to Amendment 91A. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to speak after the Ministe...

My Lords, I beg the indulgence of the Committee for just a moment because I have a horrible feeli...

I propose that we adjourn for five minutes.

5.11 pm

My Lords, the Committee will now resume and I call again on the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, to m...

Moved by

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

91A: After Clause 13, insert the following new C...

My Lords, I am most grateful for the kindness of all your Lordships. Lacking having all those won...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff, for tabling and moving th...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to speak to the amendment tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Fin...

My Lords, the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff, would require the Secre...

This amendment is interesting and certainly worthy of consideration. The innovative medical devic...

My Lords, Amendment 91A seeks to replicate the innovative medicines fund with a comparable fund f...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for contributing to this debate. There were a couple of comments th...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 94A. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to...

Moved by

Lord Field of Birkenhead

94A: After Clause 15, insert the following new Clau...

My Lords, I wish, with a straight bat, to move this amendment standing in my name and in the name...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Field, who has knowledge that I d...

My Lords, I heartily support the noble Lord, Lord Field, and the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher. I ...

I call the noble Lord, Lord Norton of Louth. Lord Norton? We will move to call the noble Lord, Lo...

My Lords, I will need to speak only very briefly because the noble Lord, Lord Field of Birkenhead...

My Lords, the amendment signed by my noble friend Lady Walmsley and others would require the Secr...

We do not seem to be able to contact the noble Lord, Lord Norton of Louth, so I call the noble Ba...

I thank my noble friend Lord Field—he may not technically be my noble friend, but he is really—fo...

I am now able to call the noble Lord, Lord Norton of Louth.

My Lords, I am delighted to have the opportunity to contribute to the debate and I apologise for ...

My Lords, Amendment 94A in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Field of Birkenhead, deals with a top...

I have received requests from three noble Lords to speak: the noble Baronesses, Lady Finlay, Lady...

My Lords, I am most grateful to be able to come in at the end of this important short debate. I p...

I thank the noble Baroness for her comments about the importance of evidence. The Government and ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that. With regard to her earlier response, if it were as easy ...

I thank the noble Baroness for her comments. I emphasise that there has been a great deal of disc...

I have two brief questions. I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, in what she said abou...

The MHRA is very clear about its desire to be an international regulator and engage with other re...

My Lords, I wish to concur with some of the points made; I do not speak against anything said by ...

My Lords, the only thing that I will add is that the noble Lord, Lord Field of Birkenhead, said t...

My Lords, it may be because I am a new Member that I do not quite understand the nuances of langu...