PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Commission on Human Medicines (5 June 2023)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the minutes of the Commission on Human Medicines’ Expert Advisory Group meetings that took place between 1 March 2020 and 31 December 2020; and for what reason there has been a delay in publishing those minutes.

Asked by:
Esther McVey (Conservative)

The summary minutes for the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) and its Expert Advisory Group (EAG) for the period stated have been published and can be found at the following link:

https://app.box.com/s/jv487awvqzzsrdql0o34h9gg350ceyd4.

All published minutes for the CHM and its EAG are available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/commission-on-human-medicines/about/membership#summary-minutes.

The CHM also has an Expert Working Group (EWG). Minutes from meetings of EWGs are not published, but the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency routinely publishes the minutes of the CHM where recommendations to the licensing authority are formally agreed.

Answered by:
Will Quince (Conservative)
13 June 2023