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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Mike Penning (Conservative), on Wednesday, 14 November 2018, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 28 members in total.


LEGALISATION OF MEDICAL CANNABIS

That this House recognises and welcomes the legalisation of medical cannabis with effect from 1 November 2018 but regrets the immense ongoing disappointment and suffering being caused to patients and their families, particularly those affected by severe childhood epilepsy, who continue to be prevented from accessing medical cannabis as a result of the combination of the NHS guidelines and recommendations from the Royal College of Physicians and the British Paediatric Neurology Association which are so restrictive that hardly any patients will be able to access it and are acting to deter clinicians from prescribing; and calls on the Government to use every possible means to ensure the urgent provision of new guidance and regulations that will allow access to medical cannabis for patients.


Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
1832 
Session
2017-19
Other sponsors
Caroline Lucas
Jonathan Edwards
Jim Shannon
Ronnie Cowan
Liz Saville Roberts
Related items
Cannabis: Medical Treatments
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Health services Medicine
Link
View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk