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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 19 Mar 2018
 Orkambi and Cystic Fibrosis

"Many hon. Members have referred to the Scottish Medicines Consortium. Of course, healthcare in Scotland is a devolved issue but the issues are the same: there is still a two-year wait to get the matter through. Does my hon. Friend agree that there is a need for a closer working …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Feb 2018
Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Bill

"My hon. Friend gives the excellent example of how Wales is leading the way in changing the emphasis on organ donation. Does she share my dismay that no one from the Scottish National party has joined the debate today? This is a cross-border issue, and the SNP blocked a private …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Feb 2018
Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Bill

"My hon. Friend makes an excellent case by citing statistics in England, but this is a cross-border issue as well. A great strength of our national health service is that no matter what part of the UK someone comes from, they can benefit from an organ transplant. If someone in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Feb 2018
Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Bill

"Will my hon. Friend recognise the great strides that the Labour party in Scotland has made in trying to bring in legislation on opt-out organ donation there? It is unfortunate that the Scottish National party blocked the progress of a Bill from Anne McTaggart MSP in the last session of …..."
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Written Question
Blood: Contamination
Thursday 8th February 2018

Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the time taken to award victims of the contaminated blood scandal compensation.

Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price

A small number of compensation payments have been paid to a number of people affected by infected blood where out of court settlements have been agreed or the courts awarded compensation under the Consumer Protection Act. As liability has not been established in the majority of cases, most support for affected individuals has been and continues to be provided through Government funded ex-gratia payments set up for people who have been affected by HIV and/or hepatitis C through treatment with National Health Service-supplied blood or blood products.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 13 Dec 2017
Male Suicide

"One note of encouragement is that the suicide rate in Glasgow has certainly gone down in the last 20 years: 64 men took their lives last year in Glasgow, but that is down from 122 men in 2000. Might that indicate a generational difference, where the generation of younger men …..."
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