Medical Cannabis Debate

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Department: Home Office

Medical Cannabis

Ed Davey Excerpts
Tuesday 20th February 2018

(6 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Hurd Portrait Mr Hurd
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I think that question is best answered by the Department of Health. What I am keen to register with the House is our determination to try to explore every option within the boundaries of the existing regulations to see whether we can support this case.

Ed Davey Portrait Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton) (LD)
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The whole House will welcome the fact that the Minister has agreed to meet the family of Alfie Dingley. Will he also agree to meet the campaign group End Our Pain, which is campaigning to allow doctors to prescribe cannabis when it would help their patients? End Our Pain wants to present to the Minister the evidence that honourable colleagues have talked about and discuss the fact that the Multiple Sclerosis Society has changed its position on the use of medicinal cannabis, based on the evidence.

Nick Hurd Portrait Mr Hurd
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I am certainly happy to meet that group, or a more appropriate Minister could, so the answer is yes.