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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Meacher (XB - Life peer) This morning, I met two mothers of boys with intractable and very severe epilepsy. - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Renters (Reform) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 23 Oct 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Liz Twist (Lab - Blaydon) The son in the family has epilepsy, asthma and autism, and he attends a local school where he has an - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Payments Bill
2nd reading - Fri 20 Oct 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Maria Caulfield (Con - Lewes) on the recent statutory instrument concerning the use of sodium valproate, which is used mainly for epilepsy - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Employment and Support Allowance - Wed 18 Oct 2023
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Browning (Con - Life peer) To give a quick example, it is no good having so-called doctors asking people who suffer from epilepsy - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Hormone Pregnancy Tests - Thu 07 Sep 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (CON - North Devon) hydrocephalus, damage to her skeletal system, and a brain haemorrhage at only 12 weeks, leading to epilepsy - Speech Link
2: Jane Stevenson (CON - Wolverhampton North East) He suffered violent seizures on a daily basis, due to a form of epilepsy that medicine was unable to - Speech Link

General Committees
Draft Human Medicines (Amendment Relating to Original Pack Dispensing) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2023 - Tue 05 Sep 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Maria Caulfield (CON - Lewes) Valproate is an effective medicine prescribed for the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorders, but - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Folic Acid Fortification - Tue 25 Jul 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Markham (CON - Life peer) instance, has raised concerns about the side-effects of certain folic acid levels in respect of anti-epilepsy - Speech Link

Grand Committee
Human Medicines (Amendment Relating to Original Pack Dispensing) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2023 - Mon 24 Jul 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: None Valproate is an effective medicine prescribed for the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorders but - Speech Link
2: None For some women, valproate may be the only effective treatment for their epilepsy. - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 03 Jul 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Ronnie Cowan (SNP - Inverclyde) On the surface that is a great leap forward, but parents of children with intractable epilepsy who have - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Online Safety Bill
Committee stage: Part 2 - Thu 22 Jun 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (CON - Life peer) penalties for the communications offences in Northern Ireland, alongside a minor adjustment to the epilepsy - Speech Link
2: None (14) Member’s explanatory statement This is a technical amendment about extent - the extent of the epilepsy - Speech Link
3: None showing” Member’s explanatory statement This amendment makes a minor change to the description of the epilepsy - Speech Link