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Oliver Colvile Excerpts

Tuesday 21st March 2017 Commons Chamber

[Mr Hunt]

The formula is based on the better care fund formula, which is based on the spending power of local authorities. Let me tell the hon. Lady that, over the next year, that improved better care fund is going up by 35%, and Surrey’s allocation is going up by only 5%.

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

T8. As the Secretary of State knows, I am the vice-chairman of the all-party group on pharmacy. Will he update the House on the progress of the decriminalisation of dispensing errors by pharmacists? What is the hitch?

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (David Mowat)]

There is no hitch. The Government remain committed to putting this into place, and the legislation will be brought forward shortly.