Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the UK medical services sector of the UK leaving the EU.

As part of our work preparing to make a success of our departure from the European Union we are undertaking a broad range of sectoral analysis covering the entirety of the UK economy, including the medical services sector.

As both the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy stated in their letter to the Financial Times on 5th July, the UK is fully committed to continuing the close working relationship in this area with our European partners. Our aim is to ensure that patients in the UK and across the EU continue to be able to access the best and most innovative medicines and be assured that their safety is protected through the strongest regulatory framework and the sharing of data.

The UK has one of the strongest and most productive medical services sectors in the world. We are committed to ensuring a positive outcome for the sector, that builds on the success that we are rightly proud of, as we exit the EU.