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Written Question
Trade Agreements: India
Tuesday 17th January 2023

Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to ensure continued access to generic medicines from India through the India Free Trade Agreement.

Answered by Greg Hands

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Stockport on 1 December 2022, UIN 97778.

Written Question
Trade Agreements: India
Tuesday 17th January 2023

Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of cooperation agreements between the national health services in the UK and India on intellectual property matters.

Answered by Greg Hands

The Government does not believe that the UK National Health Service has any cooperation mechanisms with India on intellectual property matters related to health services.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Jul 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Secretary of State must know that Huddersfield and West Yorkshire are the beating heart of the manufacturing sector; so many firms are good at exporting, and have expertise and a history of trade with India, but they are still finding huge barriers to any exporting effort they make. Can …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Apr 2022
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"5. What recent assessment the Government has made of the effect of the UK's departure from the EU on UK global exports. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Apr 2022
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"I can never be nasty to this Secretary of State as we are old friends. The fact is though that, as I trained at the London School of Economics as an economist and I like looking at the data, I can see that we have lost £20 billion in exports …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Mar 2022
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"I am sure you would agree, Mr Speaker, that it is hard to concentrate on trade this morning, given the unfolding tragedy we see in Ukraine. But getting down to the earth of trade, may I say that Huddersfield is the beating heart of manufacturing and we also have lots …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Mar 2022
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"Short question: I have every respect for the Secretary of State. Will she promise to burn the midnight oil and do something very dramatic to take on Russia and those countries that have failed to criticise it?..."
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Written Question
Coronavirus: Vaccination
Thursday 17th February 2022

Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of supporting a temporary patent waiver for covid-19 vaccines to ensure developing countries have equitable access to vaccine supply.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt

The waiver proposed at the World Trade Organisation goes beyond patents and vaccines, encompassing most intellectual property on all COVID-19-related products and technologies with no geographical or duration limits.

While HM Government remains open to initiatives that will help with equitable vaccine distribution and their prompt administration, there is no evidence that waiving intellectual property protections would advance this objective. Rather, it would dismantle the framework which has and will continue to develop Covid-19 products, like vaccines, which are positively contributing to the global pandemic response, enabling vaccination of key workers like seafarers and medical staff both domestically and internationally.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Dec 2021
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"Is the Secretary of State aware of the huge dynamic in Israeli universities? Will she make every effort, including with resources, to encourage partnerships between UK and Israeli universities, in terms of research, development and innovation?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Dec 2021
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"The Secretary of State has a long history of being a supporter of the creative industries and I know that, like me, she will be concerned about the possibility of Channel 4 being lost to Leeds if it is taken over by a global player and taken away—I hope she …..."
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