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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Nov 2017
Hormone Pregnancy Tests

"My Lords, how do the Government intend to restore the trust and confidence of those left feeling betrayed by the lack of transparency and openness surrounding this inquiry that the Minister has just talked about?..."
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Written Question
Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
Monday 20th February 2017

Asked by: Baroness Thomas of Winchester (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they will take to ensure that the European Health Insurance Card will continue to be valid for UK citizens in EU countries after the UK leaves the EU.

Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy

As the Prime Minister stated on 20 July 2016, as long as we are a member of the European Union we will respect the rights and obligations of EU membership, therefore the current arrangements for European Health Insurance Cards remain in place. Officials in both the Department of Health and the Department for Exiting the European Union are considering the position and options available to us with the aim of achieving the best outcome for the United Kingdom health system and for the UK as a whole. We are about to begin these negotiations and it would be wrong to set out unilateral positions in advance.

Written Question
Medical Treatments
Wednesday 20th July 2016

Asked by: Baroness Thomas of Winchester (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the result of the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU, what plans they have for ensuring that the conditional approval of the European Medicines Agency for new treatments continues to have validity in the UK.

Answered by Lord Prior of Brampton

The previous Prime Minister was clear that the negotiation for Britain's future relationship with Europe needed to begin under the new Prime Minister, and we now have got to look at all the detailed arrangements.

The Department has launched a ministerial industry strategy group to prepare for the renegotiation on the new European Union/United Kingdom relationship, which includes looking at the relationship between the UK and the EU medicines regulatory framework.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Mar 2015
Health: Rare Diseases

"My Lords, I acknowledge at the outset that the two matters I am mainly going to speak about tonight are not drug treatments for rare diseases, but they are certainly treatments in the wider sense of that word. I, too, am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Turnberg, for …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 08 Jan 2015
National Health Service

"My Lords, belatedly all political parties are waking up to the fact that the future of the NHS is top of most people’s agendas in this country, which is why it is going to be prominent in all manifestos for the coming election. The country is also recognising that not …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 01 Dec 2014
Hospitals: Voluntary Sector and Emergency Readmissions

"My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend for raising this important question. I am just very sad that we do not have a great raft of speakers because this is such an important subject, particularly the matter of the ageing society. That is going to happen more …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 06 May 2014
National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014

"My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for initiating this debate and giving us the opportunity to talk about the new health service arrangements as they affect rare and very rare conditions. As other noble Lords have done, I shall range wider than the regulations—only briefly—because …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Apr 2014
Health: Innovative Medicine

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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure early access to innovative medicine for life-threatening conditions...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Apr 2014
Health: Innovative Medicine

"My Lords, I am grateful to have attracted such a stellar cast for the important matters that we will be talking about in this short debate this evening. I hope that it might build on the interesting debate on 13 March on regenerative medicine, in which my noble friend Lord …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2013
Ageing: Public Services and Demographic Change Committee Report

"My Lords, I cannot remember when I last enjoyed two maiden speeches so much as those which we have heard today.

I, too, congratulate the committee on what must be one of the most important reports ever produced by a Select Committee of this House. Why has this whole question …..."
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