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Lords Chamber
Children and Young People: Local Authority Care - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Meston (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Very often that involves mothers who have used drugs during pregnancy; there is nothing more distressing - Speech Link
2: Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice (XB - Life peer) Some 33% of parents have ceased to misuse drugs and alcohol versus only 8% in standard care proceedings - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Access to Redress Schemes - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) rest when getting redress for people who had suffered medical injuries induced by vaccines or other drugs - Speech Link
2: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) Medical Devices Safety Review”, was set up in 2018 in response to concerns about the Primodos hormone pregnancy - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Elizabeth Truss (Con - South West Norfolk) I certainly do not support the liberalisation of those drugs. - Speech Link
2: Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) We know that it comes at enormous cost to our NHS, and we know that smoking rates in pregnancy vary hugely - Speech Link
3: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) We know that smoking in pregnancy is harmful to the unborn; we also know that it targets the very poorest - Speech Link
4: Liz Twist (Lab - Blaydon) and the average smoker spends £3,000 a year on tobacco.Across Gateshead, the rate of smoking during pregnancy - Speech Link
5: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) Friend says that drugs destroy lives, but tobacco does not. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sodium Valproate and Pelvic Mesh - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) the evidence was that it could not find a causal link between Primodos and the impact it had during pregnancy - Speech Link
2: Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Con - Life peer) Some 4,000 babies die due to pregnancy-specific conditions in the UK every year, but 73% of drugs given - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Foetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 22 Mar 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) It does nothing to impinge on the legal rights of women to terminate a pregnancy. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Lab - Life peer) The amendment would have allowed people who totally opposed the termination of a pregnancy to harass - Speech Link
3: Lord Robathan (Con - Life peer) In the particular case I am thinking of, a mother aborted at home, through drugs, a 36-week-old foetus.Of - Speech Link
4: Baroness Barker (LD - Life peer) The threats to women, not just during pregnancy but during childbirth, were this to go ahead, are considerable - Speech Link
5: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) accordance with the Act.According to our most recent data, most abortions take place in the early stages of pregnancy - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 15 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) Snowy was 56 days pregnant when she was seized—in the final 10% of her pregnancy, when it is illegal - Speech Link
2: Neil Hudson (Con - Penrith and The Border) Currently, it is not permitted to transport dogs and cats in the last 10% of pregnancy. - Speech Link
3: Sarah Jones (Lab - Croydon Central) serious and large criminal gangs, with a presence across multiple countries, who would smuggle people, drugs - Speech Link
4: Mark Tami (Lab - Alyn and Deeside) If someone smuggling drugs or arms is caught, the penalties are severe. - Speech Link
5: Sarah Jones (Lab - Croydon Central) If someone is caught smuggling drugs or people, they face years in prison. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 11 Mar 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: John Penrose (Con - Weston-super-Mare) undoubtedly better than cure, yet while statutory guidance ensures that students learn about threats such as drugs - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Medical Devices (In Vitro Diagnostic Devices etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 - Tue 06 Feb 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) tests to detect HIV or hepatitis, tests for cancer biomarkers and more commonly known tests such as pregnancy - Speech Link
2: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) equipment and systems to examine specimens in vitro, including items such as blood grouping reagents, pregnancy - Speech Link
3: Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (XB - Life peer) similar to the Orbis project for drug approval recognition, particularly regarding oncology and cancer drugs - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Wed 31 Jan 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Winston (Lab - Life peer) I once had an extremely well-off woman who was totally infertile; she had no chance of a pregnancy. - Speech Link
2: None They were young men who had been involved in a gang-based lifestyle, often including drugs or knife crime - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 23 Jan 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Victoria Atkins (Con - Louth and Horncastle) Through the drugs strategy, we have committed an extra £532 million of funding over three years to improve - Speech Link
2: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) real damage that can be done to the entire life of a child if the mother is drinking alcohol during pregnancy - Speech Link
3: Sarah Dyke (LD - Somerton and Frome) Community pharmacists are dispensing some of the country’s most widely prescribed drugs at a loss, therefore - Speech Link