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Tuesday 23rd April 2024

(1 week, 6 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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Victoria Atkins Portrait Victoria Atkins
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The hon. Lady raises an important point, and I ask her to write to me, please, so that we can look into it.

Will Quince Portrait Will Quince (Colchester) (Con)
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Given the importance of the UK’s life sciences sector, could my right hon. Friend update the House on commercial clinical trial recruitment?

Andrew Stephenson Portrait Andrew Stephenson
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Thanks in part to the sterling work of my hon. Friend, monthly average patient recruitment to commercial clinical trials is almost five times the figure it was back in June 2023. That is hugely positive, but there is clearly more to do in this space.