PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Cancer: Clinical Trials (18 May 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure (a) maintenance and (b) expansion of international cooperation on clinical cancer research trials.

Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)

The Government is committed to a world-leading regulatory system for clinical trials that allows us to collaborate effectively globally, ensuring the United Kingdom remains one of the best places in the world for science and innovation and as such we will ensure that we are at the forefront of clinical trials internationally and that the UK maintains a competitive clinical trials environment in which to conduct clinical trials.

The newly introduced Medicines and Medical Devices Bill provides the UK the means to remain a world-leading regulator and supports the delivery of the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy to make the UK a leading global hub for life sciences. More information on the Bill can be found at the following link:

https://services.parliament.uk/Bills/2019-20/medicinesandmedicaldevices.html

Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
8 June 2020