Today I can update the House that the UK and US governments have published the joint text of our Arrangement on Pharmaceuticals Pricing and Tariffs. This builds on the General Terms for the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal announced in May 2025 and takes forward joint commitments made when the principles...

Today I can update the House that the UK and US governments have published the joint text of our Arrangement on Pharmaceuticals Pricing and Tariffs. This builds on the General Terms for the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal announced in May 2025 and takes forward joint commitments made when the principles...

I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Noble Friend, the Minister of State for Science, Innovation, Research and Nuclear, Lord Vallance of Balham.

Today I can update the House that the UK and US governments have published the joint text of our...

I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Noble Friend, the Minister of State for Science, Innovation, Research and Nuclear, Lord Vallance of Balham.

Today I can update the House that the UK and US governments have published the joint text of our...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 4 July (HL8754), what was the breakdown of costs mentioned in the Answer for 2023–24 between products related to (1) colostomy, and (2) ileostomy.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 4 July (HL8754), what was the breakdown of costs mentioned in the Answer for 2023–24 between products related to (1) colostomy, and (2) ileostomy.

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total cost of providing free prescriptions of colostomy and ileostomy related products in 2023–24.

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total cost of providing free prescriptions of colostomy and ileostomy related products in 2023–24.

A Westminster Hall debate on World Asthma Day is scheduled for Thursday 15 May 2025. The debate will be led by Jim Shannon MP.

A Westminster Hall debate on World Asthma Day is scheduled for Thursday 15 May 2025. The debate will be led by Jim Shannon MP.

A Westminster Hall debate has been scheduled for 3pm on 27 March on the first anniversary of the Hughes report on valproate and pelvic mesh. The subject for the debate has been chosen by the Backbench Business Committee, and the debate will be opened by Sharon Hodgson MP.

A Westminster Hall debate has been scheduled for 3pm on 27 March on the first anniversary of the Hughes report on valproate and pelvic mesh. The subject for the debate has been chosen by the Backbench Business Committee, and the debate will be opened by Sharon Hodgson MP.

Motion that this House has considered pelvic mesh and the Cumberlege Review. Motion lapsed.

Motion that this House has considered pelvic mesh and the Cumberlege Review. Motion lapsed.

I beg to move,

That this House has considered pelvic mesh and the Cumberlege Review.

Thank you, Mr Stringer, for your chairmanship. I sincerely thank all Members who have come to contribute to this debate. I thank the Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Gorton and Denton (Andrew Gwynne), and the...

I beg to move,

That this House has considered pelvic mesh and the Cumberlege Review.

Thank you, Mr Stringer, for your chairmanship. I sincerely thank all Members who have come to contribute to this debate. I thank the Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Gorton and Denton (Andrew Gwynne), and the...

This is such an important debate, and many of us in this room have been working on this issue for a very long time. I point the hon. Gentleman to the Government’s review of the NHS. We only have nine centres. We have to emphasise how important it is that...

This is such an important debate, and many of us in this room have been working on this issue for a very long time. I point the hon. Gentleman to the Government’s review of the NHS. We only have nine centres. We have to emphasise how important it is that...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that useful intervention. Following my meeting with Debbie, two further Harlow residents have come forward who have also been part of this scandal. I have spoken to Members across the House who have constituents with the same issue. More than 600 women came...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that useful intervention. Following my meeting with Debbie, two further Harlow residents have come forward who have also been part of this scandal. I have spoken to Members across the House who have constituents with the same issue. More than 600 women came...

I think that often the reason people feel guilt is because they feel that they were not given the necessary information at the beginning and they did not ask for it, but if they had only known, they would not have touched this debatable and deplorable procedure with a bargepole.

I think that often the reason people feel guilt is because they feel that they were not given the necessary information at the beginning and they did not ask for it, but if they had only known, they would not have touched this debatable and deplorable procedure with a bargepole.

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention and I could not agree more. In the case of Debbie, who I have spoken about, she did not even need the procedure in the first place, but clearly that information was not provided correctly to her. Many women absolutely would...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention and I could not agree more. In the case of Debbie, who I have spoken about, she did not even need the procedure in the first place, but clearly that information was not provided correctly to her. Many women absolutely would...

I thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. The NHS has a clinical negligence scheme and it spends a lot of money on lawyers. Does my hon. Friend agree that victims of this particular scandal should, like many others, get no-fault compensation? And does he think the NHS...

I thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. The NHS has a clinical negligence scheme and it spends a lot of money on lawyers. Does my hon. Friend agree that victims of this particular scandal should, like many others, get no-fault compensation? And does he think the NHS...

I thank my hon. Friend for the question. I broadly agree with her. Over the last year we have seen some terrible scandals, the Post Office scandal and the infected blood scandal. When we have debates on those in this House, we recognise that things should have been done much...

I thank my hon. Friend for the question. I broadly agree with her. Over the last year we have seen some terrible scandals, the Post Office scandal and the infected blood scandal. When we have debates on those in this House, we recognise that things should have been done much...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I congratulate the hon. Member for Harlow (Chris Vince); it is encouraging that new-intake MPs are already raising this issue. As he said in his opening

remarks, constituents have been to see their Members of Parliament because of the...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I congratulate the hon. Member for Harlow (Chris Vince); it is encouraging that new-intake MPs are already raising this issue. As he said in his opening

remarks, constituents have been to see their Members of Parliament because of the...

It is an honour to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I again congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Chris Vince) on securing this important debate and highlighting the trauma caused to many women, such as his constituent Debbie, by the pelvic mesh scandal.

Before entering Parliament I spent...

It is an honour to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I again congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Chris Vince) on securing this important debate and highlighting the trauma caused to many women, such as his constituent Debbie, by the pelvic mesh scandal.

Before entering Parliament I spent...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Harlow (Chris Vince) for securing this important debate and for the opportunity to speak about the devastating impact of pelvic mesh impacts and the systemic failures surrounding their use.

Among those affected...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Harlow (Chris Vince) for securing this important debate and for the opportunity to speak about the devastating impact of pelvic mesh impacts and the systemic failures surrounding their use.

Among those affected...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Chris Vince) for raising this important issue. As he did with his constituent Debbie, I recently met with my constituent Paula, who shared her experience of the impact of having...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Chris Vince) for raising this important issue. As he did with his constituent Debbie, I recently met with my constituent Paula, who shared her experience of the impact of having...