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Oliver Colvile Excerpts

Tuesday 9th February 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Jeremy Hunt]

The only reason we do not have a solution on the junior doctors is the BMA saying in December that it would negotiate on the one outstanding issue—pay on Saturdays—but last month refusing to negotiate. If the BMA is prepared to negotiate and be flexible on that, so are we. It is noticeable that despite 3,000 cancelled operations, no one in the Labour party is condemning the strikes.

[Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) (Con)]

T6. Will my right hon. Friend update us on the progress in decriminalising dispensing errors for pharmacists?

[Alistair Burt]

I am aware of my hon. Friend’s keen interest in the rebalancing programme of work, and particularly the work on dispensing errors. We are fully committed to making that change. There are a number of stages to amending primary legislation through a section 60 order. Given the timetable, it is likely that the order will be laid before the Westminster and Scottish Parliaments in the autumn.