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Debate between Kevin Hollinrake and Mark Field
Tuesday 14th May 2019

(4 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Kevin Hollinrake Portrait Kevin Hollinrake
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What representations has my right hon. Friend made to his counterparts about tackling the growing and potentially devastating problem of antimicrobial resistance?

Mark Field Portrait Mark Field
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I am grateful to my hon. Friend for mentioning that. We believe the UK is at the forefront of international efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance through a variety of UN agencies. We were instrumental in drafting a UN political declaration on AMR, agreed by no fewer than 193 member states at the General Assembly in September 2016.