Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is the Government's policy to reject any reduction in the powers of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence during future trade talks.

The Government will continue to ensure that decisions about public services are made by the United Kingdom Government and the devolved administrations, not our trade partners.

When negotiating trade deals, the National Health Service, the price the NHS pays for drugs, and the services the NHS provides will not be on the table. This position was reaffirmed in our published negotiating objectives for UK-United States and UK-Japan trade deals.