Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include a commitment in the Major Conditions Strategy to eliminating potential health inequalities based on social deprivation for people with asthma and COPD, in the context of potential higher mortality rates from those conditions and any potential differences in access to treatments.

The Strategy will cover treatment and prevention for chronic respiratory disease and the Department will continue to work closely with stakeholders, citizens and the National Health Service in the coming weeks to identify actions that will have the most impact. The Strategy will also apply a geographical lens to address regional disparities in health outcomes, supporting the levelling up mission to narrow the gap by 2030.