Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
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807 cc621-690GC Session
2019-21Legislative stage
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Wednesday, 24 June 2020
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Moved by
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
95: Clause 16, page 9, line 18, leave out “may” ...
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My Lords, this is a large group of amendments relating to expert registries. I have Amendments 95...
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, for introducing this group. As a surgeon, I wi...
My Lords, I am very glad to have the opportunity to follow my noble friend Lord Ribeiro and to sp...
This string of amendments all talk about recording information, and I broadly agree with all of t...
My Lords, first, I apologise for not being able to participate at earlier stages of the Bill beca...
My Lords, Amendments 100 and 101 make clear that there should be means by which patients can repo...
My Lords, I particularly welcomed the remarks of my noble friend Lady Burt, as they took me back ...
My Lords, this group concerns the need to set up information systems—registries—which will serve ...
My Lords, we had an excellent debate last week on the subject of medical device information syste...
I have received a single request to speak after the Minister, so I hope that we can now go to the...
No, that is a mistake. Somebody else involved with the conversation that I have been having thoug...
I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege—that is very gracious. On that basis, we have nobody ...
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who not only spoke in support of the amendments in this group b...
I should alert the Committee to the fact that the House may divide during the next debate. I will...
Moved by
Baroness Wheeler
105: After Clause 16, insert the following new Clause—
<...My Lords, I am moving Amendment 105 on behalf of my noble friend Lady Thornton; it leads the grou...
My Lords, in speaking to my Amendment 127, I also speak in support of the amendments referred to ...
My Lords, all the amendments in this group deal with the very important question of consultation....
I have been made aware that a Division may happen in the course of the next contribution. I apolo...
It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey. I share his concerns about the quality, ...
I am afraid I have to interrupt the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, because we are now about to hav...
My Lords, we are now reconvening the Grand Committee and I call upon the noble Baroness, Lady Ben...
Thank you. I will not go back to the beginning but I was speaking about the need for consistent d...
My Lords, I join my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering in apologising for having my name to ...
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lord. I have added my name to th...
My Lords, I support in particular Amendments 105 and 127 in this group, but I shall speak briefly...
My Lords, these amendments relate to consultation. My noble friend Lord Sharkey’s Amendment 129, ...
My Lords, Amendment 105, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, would mandate consultation ...
I have received a request to speak after the Minister from the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Hea...
I thank the Minister for his extensive response. Essentially, he has relied on the well-known dep...
My Lords, I acknowledge the noble Lord’s point that the Bill puts huge emphasis on the effective ...
I have not received any further requests to speak, so I call the noble Baroness, Lady Wheeler.
I thank the Minister for his extensive and helpful response, particularly on the comments made by...
On the question why the government amendment is being made to Clause 41 rather than Clause 16, wh...
I thank the Minister for that and I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.
We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 108. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...
Moved by
Lord Patel
108: Clause 35, page 19, line 22, at end insert—
“( ) The S...
My Lords, in moving Amendment 108, I will also speak to Amendment 114. I am immensely grateful to...
My Lords, I warmly support the noble Lord, Lord Patel, in both these amendments. First, in relati...
I put my name to Amendment 108 and, when listening again to the noble Lord, Lord Patel, and my no...
I understand that the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, has withdrawn, so the next spea...
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 108. In doing so, I remind noble Lords of my interests as lis...
I next call the noble Baroness, Lady Jolly, and I dare say that there will be a little pause befo...
I support Amendment 108, led by the noble Lord, Lord Patel, which would place a duty on the Secre...
I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Patel, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of ...
I understand that there was an error, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, was not called, so I ...
Thank you, Madam Deputy Chairman; I resisted the urge to leap in. My contribution, anyway, will b...
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for his amendment, designed to ensure that the publ...
I have received a request to speak after the Minister, so I call the noble Baroness, Lady Thornto...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for her explanation in response to Amendment 114. My desire to exp...
I believe that responsibility will continue to lie with the MHRA. We have existing systems, such ...
My Lords, before I start, let me thank my noble friend Lady Cumberlege enormously for putting her...
Moved by
Lord Bethell
109: Clause 35, page 19, line 33, at end insert—
“(4A) Th...
We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 117. Once again, I remind noble Lords that anyon...
Moved by
Baroness Cumberlege
117: After Clause 38, insert the following new Clause—
My Lords, this proposed new clause, which would implement one of the most important recommendatio...
Before I call the next speaker, I must tell the Committee that we normally have a break about now...
My Lords, first, it was a privilege to put my name to the amendment moved by my noble friend Lady...
I understand that there may be a delay in the vote taking place in the House for technical reason...
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Patel. No doubt we will have furt...
My Lords, I suggest that the Committee adjourn for 15 minutes.
5.21 pm
My Lords, the Bill will confer a power to amend or supplement the law relating to human medicines...
Before I call the next speaker, could I request that the noble Lord, Lord Patel, mutes himself?
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay of Clashfern in talk...
First, I declare a tangential interest in the sense that I am patron of the Society of Occupation...
The noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, has scratched from this group, so we move on to t...
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, on this group. I pay tr...
My Lords, I commend my noble friend Lady Cumberlege on putting forward this important amendment, ...
My Lords, excuse me. The Grand Committee will adjourn for five minutes because there is a Divisio...
My Lords, the Grand Committee will reconvene again, and I call upon the noble Lord, Lord Sheikh, ...
Thank you. My Lords, I have nearly finished. I conclude by saying that a patient safety commissio...
My Lords, I would support an independent patient safety commissioner, as its aim would be to
<...My Lords, I can only begin this contribution, as I did at Second Reading, by paying tribute to th...
My Lords, Amendment 117 would establish the independent patient safety commissioner on a statutor...
The last remark of the noble Baroness, Lady Jolly, was very pertinent indeed.
After this de...
My Lords, I start by profoundly thanking my noble friend Lady Cumberlege. It has not escaped the ...
I have received one request to speak after the Minister. Baroness Thornton.
I am grateful to the Minister for that detailed answer, but as far as I can see, it underlined th...
I take the encouragement of the noble Baroness to heart. I would be very happy to think further o...
My Lords, I will come to the Minister’s summing up at the end, but I thank all noble Lords who ha...
We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 119. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing t...
Moved by
Baroness Wheeler
119: After Clause 38, insert the following new Clause—
<...My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lady Thornton, I am moving Amendment 119 on the important ...
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 120 and, again, I am very grateful to my friend the noble and...
My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Wheeler, and the noble Lord, Lord Pat...
My Lords, we have unfortunately come to the end of our allotted time for this Grand Committee. I ...
That concludes the work of the Committee this afternoon. I remind Members to sanitise their desks...