Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the future role, governance, and hosting of specialised commissioning Clinical Reference Groups (CRGs) following the planned abolition and restructuring of NHS England; and what steps he is taking to ensure that expert clinical guidance and patient voice representation for rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases are retained at a national level.

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 26 October in response to Question 36778.