Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 52144

Trade Agreements: USA

Tabled: 13 May 2025
Answered: 20 May 2025

Question

Cat Eccles

LabourStourbridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed UK-US trade agreement on the future of the NHS.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander
On 8th May, the UK government announced a landmark economic deal with the United States. The NHS will never be on the table for any trade agreement and the US trade deal will not lead to privatisation of the NHS. The NHS is not for sale under any circumst...

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