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Lord Vallance of Balham (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 11 September 2025

Debate

Merck Research Site

Contribution

The shortage of medicines is always a problem. We cannot have a situation where essential medicines are not available. That speaks to better understanding of supply chain resilience. The noble Baroness will be aware that supply chain resilience came to the fore very much over the past few years, when it was obvious that most countries did not understand their supply chains. A lot of work has been done on understanding supply chains and making sure there is resilience for essential medicines. There are opportunities there in terms of how the UK can work more closely with Europe to ensure that we get better supply chain resilience.

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