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Pharmaceutical Labelling (Warning Of Cognitive Function Impairment) Bill 2008-09

Type of Bill:
Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)
Sponsor:
Mr Andrew Dismore

Progress of the Bill

Bill started in the House of Commons

  1. House of Commons
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. Report stage
    5. 3rd reading
  2. House of Lords
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. Report stage
    5. 3rd reading
  3. Consideration of Amendments
  4. Royal Assent

Last event

Latest Bill

House Bill Date
Commons Bill as introduced | PDF version, 78KB 13.02.2009

Latest news on the Bill

This Bill was presented to Parliament on 26 January. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.

The Bill was on the Order Paper for a Second Reading on several Fridays before being dropped by its sponsor, Mr Andrew Dismore.

Summary of the Bill

The Bill would make provision for a warning symbol to be prominently displayed on the packaging of specified psychoactive pharmaceuticals, which act on the brain and central nervous system and which can impair dangerously the consumer’s ability to carry out certain activities.

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