Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 13 Jun 2022
Transgender Conversion Therapy
"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way, because I genuinely have come to this debate to learn about the issues. I thought the most important word that he just uttered was “forced”. I think everyone could agree that no one should be forced into any sort of …..."Julian Lewis - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Mar 2021
Trade Bill
"I do not pretend to have expertise in this controversy, but I recall that one of the objections made when it was last debated was that an outside court would be taking power away from this Parliament if it were to make the determination, yet now the Government seem to …..."Julian Lewis - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 4th June 2020
Asked by:
Julian Lewis (Conservative - New Forest East)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her oral contribution of 20 May 2020, Official Report, col. 612, that (a) the Government Procurement Agreement to which the Trade Bill relates will not apply to the procurement of UK health services, and (b) the NHS is not on the table, what safeguards will exist to ensure that (i) the NHS cannot be exposed to action in international courts as a result of any new trade arrangements facilitated by the Bill for (A) pharmaceuticals and (B) medical services, and (ii) personal data of NHS clients cannot be transferred abroad as a result of any aspect of the provisions of that Bill once enacted.
Answered by Ranil Jayawardena
When HM Government is negotiating trade agreements, we have been clear that the NHS will not be on the table. The price the NHS pays for drugs will not be on the table. The services the NHS provides will not be on the table.
The NHS is protected by specific carve outs, exceptions and reservations in the trade agreements to which the United Kingdom is party. HM Government will continue to make sure these are included in future trade agreements.
The Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) provides British businesses with guaranteed access to overseas procurement opportunities, estimated to be worth £1.3 trillion per year. Health and social care services are not, and will not, be included in the United Kingdom’s market access schedule to the GPA, meaning that they will not be opened to GPA competition.
Patient data will only ever be shared where used lawfully, treated with respect, held securely and where the right safeguards are in place.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2020
Global Britain
"May I warmly congratulate my right hon. Friend on succeeding me as Chair of the Defence Committee? I thank him belatedly for the courage he showed when, as a Defence Minister, he argued at the Dispatch Box that we needed to spend more on defence. I urge him, in what …..."Julian Lewis - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Jun 2019
Export Licences: High Court Judgment
"Do the Government accept that, as the years have rolled by since the 9/11 atrocities, it has become harder and harder to justify the closeness of our relationship with Saudi Arabia, but in defence of what the Government are trying to do, would it not be sensible for my right …..."Julian Lewis - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Jul 2018
Trade Policy
"For the avoidance of any doubt, will the Secretary of State confirm that none of these proposed arrangements would in any way be adversely affected if we left the EU without a deal and found ourselves operating on WTO terms?..."Julian Lewis - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Jul 2017
Export Licensing: High Court Judgment
"At the end of his statement my right hon. Friend referred to steps that could be taken if it were found that Saudi Arabia were misusing the arms that we supply. Will he expand on that a bit? The issue has come up before in the Committees on Arms Export …..."Julian Lewis - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Jul 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"Will the Minister explain what steps the Government are taking to ensure that, following our departure from the European Union, our export manufacturing businesses do not face high tariffs from other nations?..."Julian Lewis - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 Sep 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"4. What new trade opportunities he has identified as a consequence of the UK voting to leave the EU. ..."Julian Lewis - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 Sep 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"In order to maximise the benefits of leaving the EU, the Prime Minister has appointed three excellent Cabinet Ministers to run the Department for International Trade, the Foreign Office and the Department for Exiting the European Union. Can the Secretary of State assure us that the machinery exists to enable …..."Julian Lewis - View Speech
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