Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she 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. In regards to clinical reference groups, I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 24 August in response to the Question HL1992.