Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the distribution of surplus covid-19 vaccines to low-income countries in addition to the commitments made at the G7 Summit in June 2021.

Our G7 Presidency has championed equitable access to vaccines, treatments and tests, and the importance of future funding for COVAX. We secured commitments to share or finance up to 1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines by mid-2022. The Prime Minister has committed the UK to donating 100 million doses by June 2022. To date, we have donated 10.5 million doses and we are on track to meet our target of 30 million doses by the end of 2021. The world now has multiple effective vaccines and global supply is increasing. Donations are an important part of the transition to a global market that works for everyone. Developments in the global vaccine market and the Spending Review will inform decisions on any future vaccine commitments.