what should your boss do for hannah deacon and her son? ago. i should have happened a long time ago. lam not in should have happened a long time ago. i am not in a position to say what works for anybody with regards to treating them medically, i am not a medical doctor, but if this is approved by the medical profession... which according to hannah it has been. i do not see what the hold—up should be. but do not think it is helpful to put william hague to conflate the two issues. i have every sympathy with the situation and i do not know who your own mp the situation and i do not know who yourown mp is, the situation and i do not know who your own mp is, it is practical to go... they have been very supportive. she has been to the prime minister! what do you say about this case regarding hannah deacon and her son, alfie? the government should immediately authorise the use of medicinal cannabis recommended by doctors for children with epilepsy in particular epileptic editions being suffered by alfie dingley, billy caldwell, and a numberof alf

welcome as well the license for alfie today and what a scandal that it has taken three months since hannah deacone prime minister and was promised swift, compassionate action. what an outrage that frankly it is only the press attention that has finally shamed this government into action. as chairman of the all party parliamentary group cannabis, harmful effects on developing brains, i thank my right honourable friend for his assurances that any future medicinal use of cannabis will not be conflated with any weakening of the government position on recreational use. is he aware of the increasingly clear evidence of permanent psychosis and depression amongst young people who are users of what we see our streets more regularly and that is of skunk cannabis? i am very much aware of that and it is perfectly correct for my honourable friend to highlight this point. as i have made clear in the statement and i'm happy to make absolutely clear again, there are no plans at all to decriminalise cannabis, it is a controlled, class b drug under the misuse of drugs act 1971 and that will not change. is there no

asked about hannah deacon's claim that theresa may had personally assured her that her son would getpokesperson ruled out the legalisation of decriminalisation of cannabis saying that the drug's harmful effects are well known. it is extraordinary today that we have had william hague, lord haig, calling forthe legalisation of cannabis. the idea that it can be driven off the streets is deluded. it has come about because of a very specific case but it is blowing up into a bigger issue. billy has been the whirling wall for the cold war of drug policy. he has done more in ten days than ten years. emergency statements, people have connected with a child who has had his medicine confiscated and find that unfathomable. is it right both about crosses over into the bigger picture? 20 years ago in places like colorado, there wasn't proper regulation it so in the late 90s, it is fairto regulation it so in the late 90s, it is fair to say that it wasn't probably regulated and —— properly regulated, the regulations were not attacked. it is different with billy. billy went to the second largest paed

you mean hannah deacon, the mother of alfie, and charlotte caldwell, the mother of billy. giving us so much of your time. i'm just going to read some more comments. jane says, some years ago i taught comments. jane says, some years ago itaught in comments. jane says, some years ago i taught in prison education, leading a session of the drug awareness programme. many inmates we re awareness programme. many inmates were there for drug related offences, on the subject of cannabis asa offences, on the subject of cannabis as a recreational drug, all the men said it should not be legalised. the reason was that many of them had began taking drugs using cannabis and have them progressed to other drugs like heroin. david says, i've been using cannabis for recreational and medicinal purposes over 20 yea rs. and medicinal purposes over 20 years. it's the only thing that helps me cope with my anxiety. my hiv medication can make me lose my appetite and marijuana helps me to eat a balanced, healthy diet. thank you for all your contributions today. if you didn't contribute and you just w

ithink the change of heart was hannah deacon's testimony saying that she spoke directed to the prime promised to make sure that the house and got the cannabis —based medicine that he needed to deal with his epilepsy. she was complaining today that nothing had happened. these hurdles have been but up in front of her. it seems that this change of direction has meant that this review has been announced by sajid javid. the new home secretary, of course, has said that he found the situation was not at all appropriate. he said it was not appropriate for the pa rents, it was not appropriate for the parents, and he wasn't happy with it, either. it has announced this review, it is in two stages. there will be a review firstly looking at the clinical need, if you like, whether there is the evidence that to show that cannabis —based medicines do work in these circumstances, we understand that work will be done pretty quickly, because it has been done before. that will last about a week. and then they will look again at the harm that could be done to public health. public health needs, whether y

early today, the policing minister also spoke to alfie tingly‘s mum, hannah deacon, and ensure we will most appropriate course of medical treatment. i'd like to play tribute to the policing ministerfor his work on this issue. as a father, i know there is nothing worse than seeing your child suffer. you would do anything to take away their pain. that is why have the utmost sympathy for billy caldwell, alfie dingley and many other lecture at the pa rents and many other lecture at the parents who have been under unimaginable stress and strain. —— many other and the parents. i know they are following a gut instinct to do what ever in their power to alleviate the suffering of their child. today i would like to say to this house that i will do everything in my power to make sure we have a system that works so that these children and these parents can get access to the best possible medical treatment, i commend the statement to the house. diane abbott. thank you mr speaker. i'd like to thank the home secretary for his statement. let me begin by saying i am well aware of the damage cannabis co

we were speaking to hannah deacon, who was alfie dingley‘s mother, who has been asking for cannabis oilhen she was told that actually, the home office was giving her a licence to treat him with cannabis oil. we have spoken to her over the last couple of months 0n brea kfast. over the last couple of months 0n breakfast. she was absolutely desperate about her son, and that is 110w desperate about her son, and that is now going to happen. the telegraph's main story refers to matt hancock, the culture secretary, he says that children's mobile phones should be taken away from the matter school gates. he is talking about mobile phones and be in vocations for mental health. hand them over? will that happen, can it happen? you can't not take your phone to school, pa rents would can't not take your phone to school, parents would want to contact their kids. great picture. reminiscent of my kids. great picture. reminiscent of my fair lady. the royal ascot scene, with the duchess of sussex, meghan markle, looking straight into the lens. she is on the front page of the express as well. 23 million pe