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Chris Green Excerpts
Monday 11th May 2020

(3 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Morris Portrait David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Con)
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What diplomatic steps the Government are taking to support the development of a covid-19 vaccine (a) in the UK and (b) throughout the world.

Chris Green Portrait Chris Green (Bolton West) (Con)
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What diplomatic steps the Government are taking to support the development of a covid-19 vaccine (a) in the UK and (b) throughout the world.

Dominic Raab Portrait The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and First Secretary of State (Dominic Raab)
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The UK is playing a leading role in supporting global research and development efforts to find a vaccine, with vaccine trials commenced in this country, and the UK leading internationally to find and distribute vaccines abroad.

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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Staying in the north-west, we go to Chris Green.

Chris Green Portrait Chris Green [V]
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Thank you, Mr Speaker. Thanks in part to our leadership and our work with international partners on the Gavi programmes, we are in a leading position to collaborate on developing and manufacturing vaccines. Does my right hon. Friend agree that we need to take the same collaborative approach to developing and, crucially, manufacturing a vaccine to tackle covid-19?