Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to recommendations 2 and 3 of the independent report entitled Commercial clinical trials in the UK: the Lord O’Shaughnessy review - final report, published in May 2023, whether the Government has taken steps to reduce the (a) regulatory burden of and (b) turnaround time for approving clinical trials.

The Government will publish a full response to the Lord O’Shaughnessy independent review into commercial clinical trials in autumn 2023.

The response will include an update on progress and implementation of the initial five headline commitments and foundational actions that the Government made in May 2023.