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Written Question
Meningitis: Vaccination
Wednesday 16th July 2014

Asked by: Tony Cunningham (Labour - Workington)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department received the business case for the meningococcal B vaccine; and when he expects to make a decision whether or not to approve the business case.

Answered by Danny Alexander

On 21 March 2014, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recommended that there should be a national Meningococcal B immunisation programme for infants, if the vaccine, Bexsero ®, could be purchased at a cost-effective price. The Treasury is working closely with the Department of Health on this business case. The Government would like to secure the vaccine from the supplier at the cost-effective price recommended by the JCVI.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jan 2014
Pub Companies

"I do not want to miss the point because the whole essence of this debate is about fairness. We should always remember that word—fairness—because it has been absent for a very long time in that relationship...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Nov 2012
Beer Duty Escalator

"With 16 pubs a week closing, it is important to remember that is what is really at risk is the football team, the cricket team, the golf society, the theatre at the back of the pub, the small library, the shop, the bowling green—the list goes on and on. The …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Nov 2011
Fuel Prices

"The hon. Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Daniel Kawczynski) mentioned restricted bus services. Can I tell him that in large parts of Cumbria and other rural areas, there simply are not any bus services and people have to use their cars?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Mar 2011
HM Revenue and Customs

"I am hearing rumours that some people threatened with redundancy are earning £20,000 to £25,000 a year, yet the work they do saves the Treasury hundreds of thousands of pounds a year. Surely that does not make any sense either?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Nov 2010
Independent Financial Advisers (Regulation)

"On that final point, I have also had a number of people writing to me. Would the hon. Gentleman agree that one of the overriding concerns—I have had letters from people with 29 or 30 years’ experience—is that experience does not seem to count for anything?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Oct 2010
Comprehensive Spending Review

"On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Why was no decision made about whether the debate that we had been having all afternoon had gone on long enough?..."
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