Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to safeguard the medicines supply chain during the covid-19 outbreak.
The country is well prepared to deal with any impacts of COVID-19 and we have stockpiles of generic drugs, in the event of any supply issues.
The Department is working closely with industry, the National Health Service and others in the supply chain to help ensure patients can access the medicines they need, and precautions are in place to reduce the likelihood of future shortages.