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Commons Chamber
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
2nd reading - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Victoria Atkins (Con - Louth and Horncastle) It could damage their lungs while they are still developing, intensify the long-term pressure on the - Speech Link
2: Elizabeth Truss (Con - South West Norfolk) Children have been taking those drugs, and that has had life-changing effects on them. - Speech Link
3: Jake Berry (Con - Rossendale and Darwen) If bans worked—cannabis is banned—no child would ever have tried cannabis. - Speech Link
4: Nick Fletcher (Con - Don Valley) The use of cannabis is often ignored, even though we can smell it on many streets. - Speech Link
5: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) developing lungs and brains. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Illegal Vapes - Tue 16 Jan 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) However, they may also contain harmful toxic chemicals. - Speech Link
2: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) Some contain nicotine when claiming they do not, or harmful tetrahydrocannabinol chemicals found in cannabis - Speech Link
3: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) Young brains are more susceptible to the effects of nicotine, and so the risk of becoming addicted is - Speech Link
4: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) are still developing. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Wed 08 Nov 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) developing and delivering for the people of Northern Ireland.In conclusion, the measures in the gracious - Speech Link
2: Lord Dholakia (LD - Life peer) Somebody should speak to the Home Secretary; it is about time that she seals her lips to avoid such harmful - Speech Link
3: Baroness Meacher (XB - Life peer) This mother was not aware of medical cannabis until relatively recently. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2022 - Tue 25 Jan 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None The advice from independent experts makes it clear that these substances are harmful. - Speech Link
2: Lord Paddick (LDEM - Life peer) , the potential to trigger schizophrenia in those with a propensity to it and the harm to the developing - Speech Link
3: Lord Paddick (LDEM - Life peer) As I explained, I understand that the long-term effects of cannabis can be quite damaging to people’s - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Cigarette Stick Health Warnings Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 03 Dec 2021
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Uddin (Non-affiliated - Life peer) not enough, as a professional, I proceeded to work with smokers who progressed to being addicted to cannabis - Speech Link
2: Lord Moylan (CON - Life peer) To avoid the harmful effects of Covid infection, you overwhelmingly want to be young, moderately want - Speech Link
3: Lord Kamall (CON - Life peer) We want to build on that recent success and protect young people from harmful tobacco, and we have an - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twentieth sitting)
Committee stage: 20th sitting - Thu 24 Jun 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Cunningham (LAB - Stockton North) The ‘plasticity’ of their brains means that it is a particularly good time for learning, personal growth - Speech Link
2: Robert Goodwill (CON - Scarborough and Whitby) 13 years and four months after being found guilty of conspiracy to supply cocaine, amphetamine and cannabis - Speech Link
3: None Friend well understands the complexities of developing new legislation and that he has been closely involved - Speech Link
4: Victoria Atkins (CON - Louth and Horncastle) We are taking action to tackle harmful activity online—that is a very important point in this subject - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
Report stage - Tue 12 Jan 2021
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Bethell (CON - Excepted Hereditary) Developing and consulting on policy proposals that require legislative changes takes time, as does the - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) The title of the article is “Antibiotic Effects on Microbial Communities Responsible for Denitrification - Speech Link
3: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (LAB - Life peer) their environmental effects. - Speech Link
4: Lord Field of Birkenhead (CB - Life peer) urgency in today’s discussions, and Oral Questions, to look at the plight of those little children whose brains - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill
Committee stage:Committee: 3rd sitting (Hansard) - Thu 03 Dec 2020
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None He also asked me about ETJ effects. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) This is often the only means by which valuable intelligence can be gathered on the harmful activities - Speech Link
3: None If noble Lords accept, as I do, that a 16 or 17 year-old is a child and still developing, we have to - Speech Link
4: None We know that there have been instances of victims being prosecuted for working, for instance, in cannabis - Speech Link
5: Baroness Bull (CB - Life peer) can change or delay development of the connections between the logical and emotional parts of teenage brains - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Drugs Policy - Tue 23 Oct 2018
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Ronnie Cowan (SNP - Inverclyde) On average, 1000 Americans died every year during the Prohibition from the effects of drinking tainted - Speech Link
2: Douglas Ross (CON - Moray) However, I agree that the effects of drug use, and the deaths caused by it, have an impact on each and - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) cannabis use.Short-term effects of cannabis include confusion, anxiety, sleepiness, memory loss and - Speech Link
4: Jeff Smith (LAB - Manchester, Withington) Our brains like them—it is not our fault; they just do. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Cannabis-based Medicines - Tue 19 Jun 2018
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Diane Abbott (LAB - Hackney North and Stoke Newington) the Misuse of Drugs, Professor Nutt, has said that cannabis is less harmful than alcohol. - Speech Link
2: Craig Mackinlay (CON - South Thanet) As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on cannabis: harmful effects on developing brains, I thank - Speech Link
3: Sajid Javid (CON - Bromsgrove) that are under schedule 2, meaning that the medical benefits are accepted, but which can be a lot more harmful - Speech Link
4: Richard Drax (CON - South Dorset) All too often, people start on cannabis and end on something far worse, and I have personally seen the - Speech Link