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Trade Agreements: NHS

Asked by Seamus LoganScottish National PartyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 12 March 2025UIN 35527

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to amend the Trade Act 2021 to prevent future international trade agreements from including provisions re

Answered by Mr Douglas Alexander

Section 2(5) of the Trade Act already ensures that international trade agreements, within the scope of the Act, cannot include provisions which are inconsistent with maintaining a UK publicly funded healthcare service.

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