Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will take steps to ensure that future trade deals will not make it easier for private companies to provide NHS services.

The UK will continue to ensure that decisions about the NHS are made by UK Governments, including the Devolved Administrations, not our trade partners. The UK will determine whether private companies should be involved in providing services under contract, and if so to what extent. Trade deals will give no greater access for private companies, domestic or overseas, to NHS services.