division_name: Business of the House (Today) &#8212; Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations
motion: <p class="indent" pid="c845.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That the Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 62), dated <phrase class="date" code="2019-01-14">14 January</phrase> 2019, a copy of which was laid before this House on <phrase class="date" code="2019-01-18">18 January</phrase>, be revoked.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c845.0/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;could be issued&#8230;in instances of serious national shortages and would enable community pharmacists and other dispensers to dispense in accordance with the protocol&#8212;rather than the prescription&#8212;without contacting a GP.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c845.2/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;inexplicable and unacceptable that an issue of this importance is not the subject of wide consultation and that medical royal colleges as doctors&#8217; professional bodies were not specifically engaged in the process.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c845.2/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;should have far more time to adequately consider the Government&#8217;s proposals for change.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c846.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Despite the expertise and efforts of the MHRA&#8230;with 12 days &#8230;until Brexit, being prepared for a &#8216;no deal&#8217; is an impossible task&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c847.0/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;despite reaching out directly to the Department of Health and Social Care in December, we still have not seen the concrete detail needed to reassure us&#8212;or people with diabetes&#8212;that the UK Government&#8217;s plans are robust enough to guarantee no impact on insulin and medicine supplies in the event of a no-deal Brexit.&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c847.0/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;We do not have confidence in the current arrangements to ensure the continuity of life-saving medications for people with epilepsy.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c847.0/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;stockpiling arrangements cannot cope for more than a few weeks.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c848.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The only person qualified to safely alter the medication prescribed to a person living with HIV is that person&#8217;s HIV consultant.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c849.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The main benefits of the protocol would be the NHS cost savings associated with GP time.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c849.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;There may be some risks to patients&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c855.0/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;This instrument does not relate to withdrawal from the European Union.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c855.0/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;if withdrawal from the European Union were a contributing factor to a serious shortage&#8230;a serious shortage protocol could be used&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="c863.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="c863.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 240, Noes 292.</p>