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Debate between Lord Mann and George Freeman
Tuesday 10th May 2016

(8 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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George Freeman Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Life Sciences (George Freeman)
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I commend my right hon. Friend, and we have had numerous discussions over the last year on this subject. She can rest assured that I am actively doing everything I can to make sure we expedite this. She will understand that there are important negotiations with NHS England, NICE and the company at the moment, which are key to making sure we can get this drug accelerated quickly.

Lord Mann Portrait John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab)
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T6. Other EU countries charge us £650 million a year more for the health treatment of our citizens abroad than we do for the treatment of their citizens here. Is that because we cannot charge them, or because we have not got our act together?

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