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My honourable friend also asked about obsolescence of devices, especially when a newer device becomes available from the same manufacturer. The Minister in the other place encouraged the deregistration of older devices that were no longer being sold to the NHS but did not fully answer the question on whether a deregistered product in stock could still be used in the NHS. How would a doctor know whether something had ever been registered in the past and then deregistered but was safe? I am afraid that my honourable friend is still waiting for an answer to all these critical questions.