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date	04/03/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she plans to negotiate a carve-out provision based on the definition by the European Public Services Union excluding (a) the NHS and (b) other public services from a trade deal with the US.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	25147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK’s public services, including the NHS, are protected by specific carve-outs, exceptions and reservations in the trade agreements to which the UK is a party, and the UK will continue to ensure that the same rigorous protections are included in future trade agreements. Decisions about public services will continue to be made by the UK Government (or the Devolved Administrations, where appropriate), not by our trade partners.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that the NHS is not, and never will be, for sale to the private sector, whether overseas or domestic and this position was reaffirmed in our negotiating objectives for a UK-US Free Trade Agreement published on 2 March 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/03/2020 12:17:14 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1182688

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of protecting regulatory data exclusivity for innovative drugs in a UK-US trade deal.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	25148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s objectives for US negotiations state that we will secure provisions that protect the UK’s world-leading intellectual property standards and seek an effective and balanced regime which supports innovation within the pharmaceutical sector, while reflecting wider public interests such as ensuring patient access to medicines.</p><p>The Government is clear that when negotiating free trade agreements, the NHS and the price the NHS pays for medicines will not be on the table. We will not agree to measures which undermine the Government’s ability to deliver our NHS manifesto commitments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/03/2020 12:07:38 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1182689

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to protect the role of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in regulating drug prices in the event of a UK-US trade deal.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	25149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department for Health and Social Care. Questions about NICE should be referred to my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health &amp; Social Care.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that the price the NHS pays for drugs is not on the table in trade negotiations. This position was reaffirmed in our negotiating objectives for a UK-US Free Trade Agreement published on 2 March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/03/2020 12:12:59 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady