Ministerial Corrections

Monday 14th October 2019 Ministerial Corrections

Monday 14 October 2019

Health and Social Care

Monday 14th October 2019 Ministerial Corrections

Draft Human Medicines and Medical Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit)

The following are extracts from the debate on the draft Human Medicines and Medical Devices (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on 7 October 2019.

[Ms Dorries]

Under just-in-time arrangements, drug companies would have a stockpile of a week’s supply, but now all drug companies have stockpiled six weeks’ worth of medications to be used in the UK, and I do not envisage a shortage of any drug that is required.

[Official Report, Sixteenth Delegated Legislation Committee, 7 October 2019, c. 8.]

Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Ms Dorries):

An error has been identified in my closing speech.

The correct information should have been:

[Ms Dorries]

Under just-in-time arrangements, drug companies would have a stockpile of a week’s supply, but now the vast majority of suppliers of prescription-only and pharmacy medicines from the EU have stockpiled six weeks’ worth of medications to be used in the UK, and I do not envisage a shortage of any drug that is required.

[Ms Dorries]

Companies will be required to operate a pharmacovigilance system from exit day. The master file is in the description of the pharmacovigilance system and the amending SI, which includes statutory contributions associated with a temporary exemption, to ensure supervisory capability of the companies, the QPPV and the MHRA.

[Official Report, Sixteenth Delegated Legislation Committee, 7 October 2019, c. 10.]

Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Ms Dorries):

An error has been identified in my closing speech.

The correct information should have been:

[Ms Dorries]

Companies are required to operate a pharmacovigilance system from exit day. The master file is the description of the pharmacovigilance system and the statutory conditions included in the amending SI should ensure supervisory capability of the companies, QPPV and the MHRA.

Cabinet Office

Monday 14th October 2019 Ministerial Corrections

Census (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [Lords]

The following is an extract from the Committee stage of the Census (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [Lords] on 7 October 2019.

[Mike Gapes]

From what the Minister says, I am unclear on whether it will be possible for Sikhs to tick a specific box on the 2021 census. Can the Minister please clarify?

[Kevin Foster]

I am happy to clarify that there will be a tick box for Sikhs under the religion section but not under ethnicity. There have been 55 requests for particular tick boxes on the census that the ONS is not recommending, and having a Sikh tick box under ethnicity is one of those that the ONS is not recommending.

[Official Report, 7 October 2019, Vol. 664, c. 1593.]

Letter of correction from the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, the hon. Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster):

An error has been identified in my contribution to the debate.

The correction information should have been:

[Kevin Foster]

I am happy to clarify that there will be a tick box for Sikhs under the religion section but not under ethnicity. There have been 55 requests for new ethnic group tick boxes on the census. Of these the ONS is recommending only one new ethnic group tick box, for Roma. Having a Sikh tick box under ethnicity is one of those that the ONS is not recommending.