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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:17 pm on 22 May 2023.

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Photo of Crispin Blunt Crispin Blunt Conservative, Reigate 5:17, 22 May 2023

Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I regret to say there was an inaccuracy in my right hon. Friend’s response. When I alerted him to the date of the second debate on psilocybin access rights, on 18 May, he told me that he had an engagement that day. However, it never occurred to me for a moment that he would put that engagement ahead of his duty replying to this House. I certainly got no communication at all that he had made a decision not to attend Parliament to reply to that debate.

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