Oral QuestionDepartment of Health and Social Care

What steps he is taking to implement the recommendations in the July 2020 Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review report.

Tabled: 25 August 2020Answered: 1 September 2020

Asked by

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

LabourWashington and Gateshead South

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Gareth Thomas)

The Government-backed invest in women taskforce is addressing many of these issues through its ecosystem working group, which promotes better access to networks, to support and to procurement opportunities. My hon. Friend is absolutely right, though, to say that we need to go further. The small business strategy will set out a range of further measures in that regard.