Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre

Lord Newby Excerpts
Monday 25th April 2022

(2 years, 7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan (Con)
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As I said, there are a number of other sites in the UK which also manufacture vaccines. If the Government need to procure vaccines for a future pandemic, I am sure that we will want to procure from this site, in addition to all the other sites which exist in the UK—all of which, I might add, are in private hands.

Lord Newby Portrait Lord Newby (LD)
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My Lords, in his response to my noble friend’s question, the Minister said that he could not give us any explanation of the process which had been followed for reasons which we would all understand. I did not understand why the Minister could not answer that question. I wonder if he could answer it now, as it seems to me that there are no reasons, in terms of commercial confidentiality, why he cannot answer that question.

Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan (Con)
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The investment security unit looked at the transaction, as it does all transactions. Obviously, as the transaction has proceeded, we have decided not to intervene.