Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 6:08 pm on 20 May 2019.
Jim Cunningham
Labour, Coventry South
6:08,
20 May 2019
I pay tribute to Sir Mike Penning. For a long time, he has been campaigning very strongly on this issue—in fact, we met some families he brought down to the House of Commons last year—as, of course, has Crispin Blunt.
If my hon. Friend Mary Glindon watched the news over the weekend, she will have seen a family who had to go to Holland and pay over £1,000 to get the medical relief that their kids need through medical cannabis. The question therefore is: why can we not do the same in this country? Why are we being so slow? A lot of kids are suffering, and some could go into a fit and die if we are not very careful. Does she not agree that the Government have to treat this with urgency?
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