Medicines and Medical Devices Bill

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his huge support throughout this whole process—all the times w...

My Lords, I shall be extremely brief. It was a pleasure to support the noble Baroness, Lady Cumbe...

My Lords, I, too, welcome the Government’s amendment establishing the patient safety commissioner...

My Lords, these amendments are a testament to the incredibly hard work and perseverance of the no...

My Lords, I join other noble Lords in expressing my sincere thanks to my noble friend the Ministe...

My Lords, I, too, add my congratulations to my noble friend the Minister and pay particular tribu...

My Lords, I join the universal commendations for the Government for accepting the recommendation ...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle.

At thi...

My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick, who asked some ...

My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Lansley. It is very good news that there is to be a p...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow my noble friend Lady Masham of Ilton. I reiterate my support g...

My Lords, I would like to join in the praise that has been very well entitled from the many peopl...

My Lords, the amendments in this group relate to the introduction of a commissioner for patient s...

My Lords, I can only join in with the congratulations that everybody has expressed in this debate...

My Lords, I will save my Hollywood thank-yous for the end of the process, but profound thanks wil...

I have received one request to ask a short question. I call the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, ...

My Lords, I want to say one or two things very quickly. I thank those who have spoken; it has mea...

I thank my noble friend for her very kind and generous words, and for making it clear that she wi...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 2. I remind noble Lords that Members other than...

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

2: Clause 1, page 1, line 8, at end insert “for a period o...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 2 I will speak also to Amendments 27 and 40 in my name. I also supp...

My Lords, I support the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton. As she said,...

After the next speaker, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, I will call the nob...

My Lords, I strongly support the amendments dealing with consolidation. I regard it as very impor...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak in support of Amendments 29, 36 and 63 in the name of my nobl...

My Lords, I support these amendments. It seems totally sensible to consolidate legislation so tha...

My Lords, I am very pleased to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Masham, who rightly emphasises the...

My Lords, rather like the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, I see this as a group of amendments in two pa...

My Lords, in the past I have had the privilege of working with two pharmaceutical companies, a US...

As the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, and others have said, these amendments relate to sun...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for an extremely powerful session on these amendments. I confess th...

I thank the Minister for that. The words, “Yes, Minister” came to mind. It was a very long, wordy...

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 3. I remind noble Lords that Members ...

Moved by

Lord Sharkey

3: Clause 1, page 1, line 8, at end insert—

“( ) Regulati...

My Lords, the amendments in this group are in my name and the names of the noble Baroness, Lady A...

My Lords, I apologise to the House; this is the first time I have spoken on this Bill and I have ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, and his magisterial ...

My Lords, I disagree with this amendment. I had the privilege of being the Chairman of Ways and M...

My Lords, I must say that I very much disagree with the noble Lord’s remarks. If we want certaint...

My Lords, these amendments, led by my noble friend Lord Sharkey with eminent cross-party support,...

The noble Baroness, Lady Jolly, and I are not in a competition about who can speak most briefly, ...

My Lords, I am afraid I will breach the convention on short speeches, but only because this has b...

I am very grateful to all those who have spoken in support of these amendments. Skeleton Bills al...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 4. I remind noble Lords that Members other than...

Moved by

Lord Bethell

4: Clause 1, page 1, line 9, leave out subsection (2) and inser...

My Lords, one of the key qualities of this place is bringing to bear years of expertise in refini...

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

5: Clause 1, leave out “public health” and insert “the hea...

As I said to the noble Lord and the Bill team yesterday, these are probing amendments and I do no...

My Lords, I welcome the amendments in this group. They add clarity to the obligations laid on the...

My Lords, I will make three quick points about the government amendments in this group, which I b...

My Lords, I will save up some of my time for my next amendment, Amendment 7, so I will be very br...

My Lords, I will speak to government Amendments 11 and 47, and those that follow on from them, Am...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege. She posed a very ...

My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, who again has raised a...

My Lords, I welcome Amendment 5 and others in this group. I echo the noble Baroness, Lady Thornto...

My Lords, this has been a fascinating debate. We all want the UK to be a manufacturing centre for...

My Lords, I completely concur with the noble Baroness, Lady Jolly. This has been a fascinating de...

That debate was definitely worth having, notwithstanding the fact that the noble Lord, Lord Lansl...

Moved by

Lord Bethell

6: Clause 1, page 1, line 11, leave out “they would” and insert...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 7. I remind noble Lords that Members other than ...

Moved by

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

7: Clause 1, page 1, line 14, at end insert...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jolly, for her support. This is the survivor of a suit...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for tabling this very importa...

My Lords, this amendment would require the appropriate authority to have regard to the protection...

My Lords, this debate follows a very interesting one in Committee, in which the noble Baroness, L...

We appear to have lost connection with the noble Lord, Lord Hunt. We will give it a few seconds. ...

I thank the noble Lord; that is a temptation to be eagerly accepted. I was referring back to what...

My Lords, when considering Amendment 7, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castl...

I thank the Minister for her answer and the noble Baroness, Lady Masham of Ilton, for her support...

On the first point—considering environmental impacts in terms of research—obviously safety is one...

I thank the Minister for her answer. I am aware this may not be entirely popular in the House, bu...

Moved by

Baroness Penn

8: Clause 1, page 1, line 16, leave out “an attractive or” and...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 10. I remind noble Lords that Members other than...

Moved by

Baroness Sheehan

10: Clause 1, page 1, line 17, at end insert—

“(d) th...

My Lords, I rise—metaphorically—to move Amendment 10 in my name and those of the noble Baroness, ...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan, and to join the nobl...

My Lords, I spoke at some length on this issue in Committee and am delighted that the noble Baron...

My Lords, I support this amendment. When we discussed this issue in Committee, I raised the matte...

My Lords, I am very pleased to add my name to the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, La...

My Lords, the purpose of this amendment, tabled by my noble friend Lady Sheehan, with cross-party...

My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan, on another important speech on thi...

My Lords, first, I would like to address the issue of patient and clinician access to affordable ...

My Lords, this has been a stimulating debate and I sincerely thank all noble Lords and noble Baro...

Moved by

Baroness Penn

11: Clause 1, page 1, line 17, at end insert—

“(3A) Wher...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 13. I remind noble Lords that Members other than...

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

13: Clause 2, page 2, line 32, at end insert “, or<...

My Lords, I am delighted to move my amendment, which follows constructive and very helpful discus...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, on this very...

My Lords, praise will be ringing in Ministers’ ears from the first group of amendments, concernin...

My Lords, like the noble Lords who have spoken before me, I thank the Minister and the Government...

My Lords, I start, as others have done, by thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Penn, and the noble ...

My Lords, this has been a detailed, depressing debate and I feel completely powerless. I pay trib...

My Lords, I too thank all noble Lords who put their names to this amendment. It truly reflects th...

My Lords, I begin by thanking all noble Lords for their valuable and ongoing engagement on the ma...

My Lords, this has been a short but incredibly important debate. In addition to the noble Lords t...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 14. I remind noble Lords that Members other than...

Moved by

Lord Clement-Jones

14: Clause 3, page 3, line 4, leave out “for any purpose ...

My Lords, on 4 November in Grand Committee, the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, and my noble frien...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to support the noble Lord, Lord Clement -Jones, and my noble fri...

My Lords, unfortunately the noble Lord cut out again briefly. If he could rewind about 30 seconds...

I am sorry, I have had a very poor connection tonight. Can you hear me now? All I was going to sa...

My Lords, this amendment, led by my noble friend Lord Clement-Jones, would narrow the use of data...

I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for his full and comprehensive explanation o...

My Lords, I am enormously grateful for that helpful debate. Let me try to provide some of the cla...

I thank my noble friend Lady Jolly, the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, and the noble Baroness, Lady Thorn...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 15. I remind noble Lords that Members other than...

Moved by

Lord Field of Birkenhead

15: After Clause 6, insert the following new Clause...

I beg to move this amendment in my name and those of other noble Lords whom I count as friends. I...

My Lords, I have added my name to the amendment moved by my noble friend Lord Field of Birkenhead...

My Lords, I am honoured to follow the noble Lord, Lord Field, and the noble Baroness, Lady Meache...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Field of Birkenhead, who moved this amendment so movingly....

My Lords, I am really grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Field, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Meac...

My Lords, we started this debate today with widespread plaudits to the Government for listening t...

My Lords, today’s final amendment, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Field of Birkenhead, and signed...

The noble Lord, Lord Field, will know from this afternoon’s Question that I have huge sympathy on...

My Lords, Amendment 15 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Field of Birkenhead, deals with a topi...

My Lords, I can willingly agree to that last request. I think if we put it to a Division we might...