Debate Pack
This pack has been prepared ahead of the debate to be held in Westminster Hall on Thursday 16 November 2016 from 1.30-3.30pm on World Antibiotics Awareness Week. The subject for the debate has been selected by the Backbench Business Committee and the debate will be opened by Julian Sturdy MP.
Debate Pack
This pack has been produced ahead of the general debate to be held in the Commons Chamber on Thursday 19 October 2017 on Valproate and Fetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome. The subject of the debate was nominated by the Backbench Business Committee.
Debate Pack
This pack has been prepared ahead of the debate to be held in Westminster Hall on 18 October 2017 at 9.30am on the risks of surgical mesh implants. The debate will be opened by Emma Hardy MP.
Debate Pack
This pack has been produced ahead of the general debate to be held in the Commons Chamber on Tuesday 10 October 2017 on Baby Loss Awareness Week.
Research Briefing
What are EU agencies and what do they do? Will the UK be able to participate in their activities after Brexit? And what will happen to the two that are based in the UK? This paper looks at the roles and functions of EU agencies, the issues surrounding the two UK-based agencies, and whether there are options for continued UK participation after Brexit.
Research Briefing
What are EU directives and what will happen to them when the UK leaves the EU? This paper looks at EU directives in force and how they are implemented in the UK. This will give some idea of the task ahead for UK legislators.
Debate Pack
This pack has been produced ahead of the debate on the O'Neill review into antibiotic resistance to be held in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 7 March 2017 from 2.30-4pm. The debate will be opened by Kevin Hollinrake MP.
Debate Pack
This Debate Pack has been prepared ahead of the debate on the Implications of the Accelerated Access Review for cystic fibrosis and other conditions, to be held in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 13 December at 9.30am. The subject for the debate has been chosen by the Backbench Business Committee, following a representation made by Ian Austin, Ben Howlett and Kerry McCarthy.
Research Briefing
This briefing paper provides an overview of the Second Reading and Committee Stage of the Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill 2016-17.
Debate Pack
This pack has been prepared ahead of the debate to be held in Westminster Hall on Monday 28 November 2016 at 4.30pm on an e-Petition, Force child cancer to the forefront of the NHS and government funding schemes The debate will be opened by Ben Howlett MP.
Research Briefing
Prescribing rates for medicines and drugs vary substantially across the country. These rates provide a useful measure of the burden of illness and disease across the country. This briefing provides 2015 data on prescriptions by GPs in the UK, with local-area data for individual drugs covering each constituency in England.
Debate Pack
This pack has been produced ahead of the debate to be held in Westminster Hall at 3pm on Thursday 20 October 2016 on National Arthritis Week 2016. The subject for this debate was selected by the Backbench Business Committee.
Debate Pack
This pack has been prepared ahead of the debate to be held on Thursday 13 October 2016 on the Expert Panel Working Group Inquiry into hormone pregnancy tests. The subject for the debate has been selected by the Backbench Business Committee and the Members in charge are Yasmin Qureshi and Hannah Bardell. The motion for the debate is: That this House notes that an Expert Working Panel Group Inquiry was set up by the Government to investigate and assess evidence on children born with serious deformities due to hormone pregnancy test drugs taken by expectant mothers between 1953 and 1975; further notes with concern that the terms of reference as set out by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency do not clearly allow for an investigation into the systematic regulatory failures of government bodies at the time; notes the conflict of interest of some panel members; further notes that all evidence must be presented to expert panel members as set out in the term of reference; calls on the Inquiry to ensure that all evidence is presented to the expert panel with sufficient time for due consideration; further calls on the inquiry to guarantee thorough background checks on all panel members; calls for the terms of reference to be amended to include an investigation into the conduct of the Committee on Safety of Medicines; further calls on the Government to ensure that the inquiry has the trust and confidence of the victims for whom it was set up; and believes that, unless these changes are made, the ability of the Inquiry to achieve a fair outcome will be significantly compromised.
Debate Pack
This pack has been prepared ahead of the debate on baby loss to be held in the Commons Chamber on Thursday 13 October 2016. The subject for the debate has been selected by the Backbench Business Committee and the Members in charge are Antoinette Sandbach and Will Quince.
Research Briefing
This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the situation in a range of policy areas and considers what impact Brexit might have. This will depend, among other things, on the Brexit negotiations, whether the UK stays in the European Economic Area and how the Government fills any policy gaps left by withdrawal.
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