Speeches by Owatemi.

“Further to that point of order, Mr Dowd. To let the Committee know, last week I gave the Opposition a week’s notice, and I shared it again this morning. It should have been shared.”

“Further to that point of order, Mr Dowd. We want the Committee to be able to discuss the new clauses. We are not finishing today; we are just trying to get to the new clauses, which will still need to be debated.”

“Further to that point of order, Mr Dowd—”

“Given the fact that we spent hours debating just one clause, the Government cannot be certain that we will finish on time, because of the pace at which Opposition are going. To ensure that we finish on time, we are doing our best to ensure that Members of this House have the time needed to debate the Bill, hence why we…”

“Sorry, Sir Roger. We had wanted to adjourn at clause 22.”

“Q Following up on Alex’s question, what engagement has there been with the Irish Government in regard to the differences between what is happening in Ireland and Northern Ireland? Do you think that will lead to changes in Ireland, in terms of moving in a positive direction? Andrew Gwynne: That is an interesting questio…”

“Q May I ask one more question? What is the MHRA’s capacity to handle the increased workload that the new legislation will require? Dr Laura Squire: With the current notification scheme, we have the resource that we need to do that. As the registration scheme becomes more detailed and demanding, and as there is more in …”

“Q Yes, for medicine licensing. Dr Laura Squire: That is a difficult one. We had one product that was given a medicines licence in 2015, but it has never been marketed. We continue to try to encourage people to come forward to get medicines licences. However, the reality is that there is such a huge discrepancy between …”

“Q What effect do you think the Bill will have on the number of vaping products that the MHRA will have to approve through its licensing route? Dr Laura Squire: For a medicines licence?”

“Q We have spoken briefly about this. Are you concerned that introducing a generational ban on cigarettes might cause other forms of tobacco use to increase among younger generations? Professor Linda Bauld: That is interesting. I think a similar question was asked earlier. I do not think that history bears that out. Oft…”