Trade Agreements: NHS

(asked on 22nd February 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the need to protect the NHS when considering any future trade deal.


Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 2nd March 2017

The treatment of the NHS in trade agreements has not been raised in any discussions between my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade and his international counterparts. The Government has consistently been clear in its engagement with international counterparts that the NHS is of the utmost importance for the UK and will always be protected in trade deals.

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