Off-patent Drugs Bill

Carol Monaghan Excerpts
Friday 6th November 2015

(9 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alistair Burt Portrait Alistair Burt
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I am not going to take any further interventions; otherwise, I will take it that the House does not want to hear from me. I have to make some progress.

Carol Monaghan Portrait Carol Monaghan (Glasgow North West) (SNP)
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How many people will die as a result of this?

Alistair Burt Portrait Alistair Burt
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Oh, shroud waving—thank you very much. That’s all we need.

On action flowing from last year, the Government had an extremely useful meeting that brought together the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Breast Cancer Now, the Cure Parkinson’s Trust and Cancer Research UK.