Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Michael Fabricant Excerpts
Wednesday 4th March 2020

(4 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Wendy Morton Portrait Wendy Morton
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We welcome that report and its recognition of the work the UK is already doing. The report is in line with the Government’s ambition to end preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths by 2030. We will be publishing a paper shortly setting out how we will work with others to reach that goal.

Michael Fabricant Portrait Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con)
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The coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome and similar illnesses are believed to have been started in unsanitary butcheries in eastern and south-east Asia. What role does, and can, the Department have in producing cleaner butcheries, so that we do not get this transfer from animal to human disease?