Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between George Freeman and Oliver Colvile

Tuesday 17th November 2015 Commons Chamber

[George Freeman]

The hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. Genome editing is the latest in a suite of technologies that is rapidly emerging in genomics. Through the Genomics England programme, we are actively supporting those tools and intermediate technologies, and through the accelerated access review that I have launched, we are looking to harness those breakthroughs to support new treatments and new flexibilities for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and NHS England on targeted treatments.

[Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) (Con)]

8. What progress he has made on implementing a new contract for junior doctors; and if he will make a statement.