The Co-operative Party

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when Ministers in his Department next plan to travel to Jersey to discuss the implementation of the Food Supplements Directive and the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation; (2) whether his Department received a timetable from the representatives of the Jersey and Guernsey Governments on implementing the Food Supplements Directive and the...

Jim Dobbin: It is important, when individuals and groups apply to open a free school, that proper checks on them are made. Can the Secretary of State give me guarantees that those checks are in place?

Jim Dobbin: Let me say at the outset that I am prepared to accept the motion tabled by the hon. Member for Croydon South (Richard Ottaway), particularly because he indicated that he might be prepared to accept the amendment tabled by the hon. Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce). I cannot support the amendment tabled by my right hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham, Deptford (Dame Joan Ruddock),...

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress was reported at the 15 March meeting convened by his Department of stakeholders on addiction to medicines against actions from the September meeting of the group; what future work and action points were agreed upon; whether a statement on tranquilliser addiction was agreed on; and when the group will be reconvened.

Jim Dobbin: Before we begin, I announce that I intend to call the Minister 10 minutes before the end of the debate, at 10 to 5.

Jim Dobbin: I give warning that I will call the Minister in this debate no later than 20 past 4. We have had a couple of problems in previous debates.

Jim Dobbin: No, I did not think that you were.

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of risks associated with dermal fillers.

Jim Dobbin: I am sure that the Member leading the debate would like to hear the Minister’s response as well, but unfortunately time is running out. If the Member who is in charge of the debate wants to get complete answers, he must take that into consideration.

Jim Dobbin: Order.