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date	20/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of staff his Department will require to process applications for medicinal cannabis; what estimate he has made of the number of such applications that will be made; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	155767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>As I announced on 18 June, the Government is establishing an expert panel of clinicians to advise Ministers on any applications to prescribe cannabis-based medicines. This is intended to ensure that advice to Ministers on licensing in these cases is clinically led, based firmly on medical evidence and as swift as possible. <br>The Chief Medical Officers across the UK have already been actively working together on the panel, and the expert panel will start considering applications within a week. <br>Further details, including who can apply to the panel and what information will be available to guide applicants will be confirmed in due course</p><p>The total number of staff required to process applications is yet to be confirmed.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 28/06/2018 11:49:54 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

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date	14/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the prescription of medicinal cannabis by registered medical practitioners for the use of NHS patients in England; and whether such medication may be brought into the UK if it has been prescribed abroad with the approval of a patient's UK registered medical practitioner.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL8673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>Cannabis is currently a drug listed under Schedule 1 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 and as such, it cannot legally be possessed, supplied or imported without a Home Office Licence.</p><p>On 19th June 2018, the Home Secretary announced a review of the scheduling of cannabis. As part of the review, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs will provide an assessment, based on the balance of harms and public health needs, of what, if anything, should be rescheduled.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 28/06/2018 14:12:20 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner