Vaccine Patents Waiver

Debate between Lord Grimstone of Boscobel and Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton

Monday 24th January 2022 Lords Chamber

[Lord Grimstone of Boscobel (Con)]

My Lords, I am afraid that there is no evidence at all that an IP rights waiver of the kind that the noble Lord suggests would help us to meet his objectives. The reality is that a proposal for a TRIPS waiver would break up the very framework that helped to produce Covid-19 vaccines at an unprecedented pace. That is the key point.

[Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Con)]

My Lords—