Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Duncan Hames and Jane Ellison

Tuesday 10th June 2014 Commons Chamber

[Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD)]

When will the public health Minister publish the regulations for the plain packaging of tobacco products, on which she proposes to consult?

[Jane Ellison]

As my hon. Friend knows, Parliament has already granted us the regulation-making powers in the Children and Families Act 2014 and we have said that we are minded to proceed with those. We are still committed to consult. The regulations are being drafted. I had hoped to publish them before the end of April. We were caught by the pre-election purdah period, but I hope to publish them soon.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Duncan Hames and Jane Ellison

Tuesday 22nd October 2013 Commons Chamber

[Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD)]

A written answer from the former Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Broxtowe (Anna Soubry), to my recent parliamentary question has on this subject revealed that people living in the south-west of England are three times as likely to contract Lyme disease as those in the rest of the country, yet I have a constituent doing what he calls drug runs to the rest of Europe to access the medicines necessary to tackle his symptoms. Will the Minister meet me to discuss how we can ensure the continuing availability of treatments for Lyme disease on the NHS?

[Jane Ellison]

I learned a great deal about Lyme disease in the course of answering my first parliamentary questions, so I would be very happy to meet my hon. Friend to have that discussion.