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registered interest
date	25/01/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with the World Trade Organisation on the development of intellectual property waiver agreements to facilitate the mass production of coronavirus vaccines.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	142978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2021 answer text <p>The UK has engaged regularly in debates at the World Trade Organisation’s Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Council and other international institutions to promote affordable and equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines, including in developing countries. As part of this, the UK has encouraged evidence-based discussions between WTO members to find real solutions to the issues at hand within the multilateral intellectual property framework.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/01/2021 11:42:22 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1182687

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, 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

882472

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the effect on the protection of human rights of arbitration clauses in Free Trade Agreements.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	135534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23 April 2018, UIN: 135535.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/04/2018 14:23:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

882473

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will make it is policy to include clauses to protect human rights and the environment in negotiations on future bilateral trade agreements.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	135535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK has a strong history of protecting human rights and the environment and will maintain the support and promotion of these values globally. This will continue as we leave the EU. We are committed to upholding the UK’s high standards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/04/2018 14:22:05 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

705764

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, following the debate at European Committee B on 6 February 2017, and vote taken as division 151 on 8 February 2017, what further opportunities he expects Parliament to have to scrutinise the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement before the agreement is ratified by the UK.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	65736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>Treaties, including CETA, that are subject to ratification, approval, acceptance, accession or the mutual notification of completion of procedures are typically laid before Parliament for scrutiny purposes for a period of 21 parliamentary sitting days under the provisions of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (Part 2: ratification of treaties), which commenced on 11 November 2010. This legislation provides that the UK cannot legally ratify or consent to be bound by a treaty laid under its provisions until the statutory 21 sitting day process has elapsed. During the 21 sitting days, hon Members and Select Committees have the chance to scrutinise the treaty provisions, ask questions, and potentially report.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 02/03/2017 17:29:51 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady