Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 97254

Drugs: USA

Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 9 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Julia Lopez

ConservativeHornchurch and Upminster

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which Department is responsible for monitoring of pharmaceutical provisions within the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal; and whether he plans to update Parliament on those provisions.

Answer

Chris Bryant
DBT Secretary of State made a written statement to Parliament on 2 December.This deal is the first and only agreement with the US that secures zero percent tariffs on pharmaceutical products – the lowest rate offered to any country. It delivers mitigation...

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