"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?..." Oliver Colvile - View Speech
"The hon. Lady is making a very interesting speech. One thing we should make much greater use of is pharmacies, especially to try to take some of the pressure off GPs. We should also ask GPs to go into pharmacies and to be located in them...." Oliver Colvile - View Speech
"Will my hon. Friend recognise that some innovative things are taking place in the west country, especially in my constituency?..." Oliver Colvile - View Speech
"May I say what a pleasure and a delight it is to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bailey? I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for St Albans (Mrs Main) on securing the debate. I should warn the House that I am the Government’s pharmacy champion. I have been following …..." Oliver Colvile - View Speech
"I thank my hon. Friend for giving way. He makes a very powerful point. I have thought for some while that we should be trying to put GP surgeries into pharmacies, so that when someone goes to their GP and says, “I have got this ailment and I need some …..." Oliver Colvile - View Speech
"That is a very good example of how the private sector, working in the national health service, can deliver good-quality services...." Oliver Colvile - View Speech
"Is the Minister aware that in Devon about £5 million a year is apparently being wasted on unused medicines? Something needs to happen with that to ensure that the NHS has enough money with which to do things...." Oliver Colvile - View Speech
"T7. As my hon. Friend is aware, last week the Murray report was published. When is he likely to consider it, and when will he make a statement?..." Oliver Colvile - View Speech
"I follow previous speakers in this debate with a certain trepidation. I hope that I can live up to their mark. I congratulate the shadow spokesperson, the hon. Member for Washington and Sunderland West (Mrs Hodgson), with whom I have worked closely on issues around basketball. I should also draw …..." Oliver Colvile - View Speech