Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has the power and competence to issue a temporary licence for the treatment of Alfie Dingley which his parents have requested.

The Home Secretary has the legal power under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 to license the supply and possession of a controlled drug. Any applications for a licence would need to be made by senior clinicians using sufficient and rigorous evidence.