Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

What assessment he has made of the adequacy of financial support available to medical research charities during the covid-19 pandemic.

We have some of the finest, globally-recognised medical research charities right across the United Kingdom, which are an integral part of our world-leading life sciences sector. Last week I met medical research charities to discuss what more we can do to support them and our life sciences sector as a whole go from strength to strength across all parts of the UK.