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registered interest true more like this
date less than 2022-05-16more like thismore than 2022-05-16
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Disease Control remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish his Department's negotiating position on a new convention, agreement, or other international instrument under the auspices of the World Health Organisation on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response; and if he will make an (a) oral and (b) written statement. more like this
tabling member constituency Wycombe more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Steve Baker more like this
uin 2464 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-05-19more like thismore than 2022-05-19
answer text <p>The United Kingdom supports a new international instrument to strengthen pandemic prevention and preparedness. The purpose of the instrument is to strengthen global cooperation in order to better protect the UK from the health, social and economic impacts of pandemics. We want to agree UK priority areas such as improving transparency, timely data sharing and supporting equitable access to vaccines and treatments.<br><br>We are clear that the UK would not sign up to any instrument that compromises the UK’s sovereignty. That includes any instrument which compromises the UK’s ability to take domestic decisions on national restrictions or other measures. On the contrary, our support for a new pandemic instrument is intended to strengthen our ability to prevent, detect and respond to future health threats without the restrictions seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. The UK has led from the front on learning to live with COVID-19 and will continue to do so at the forthcoming G7 and World Health Assembly.</p>
answering member constituency Bromsgrove remove filter
answering member printed Sajid Javid more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-05-19T17:32:52.077Zmore like thismore than 2022-05-19T17:32:52.077Z
answering member
3945
label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid more like this
tabling member
4064
label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker more like this