Lords to quiz experts on post-Brexit intergovernmental cooperation on health
Monday 24 May 2021
The House of Lords Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee will tomorrow question health experts, looking at the policy areas covered by the Blood Safety and Quality Framework, Organs, Tissues and Cells Framework, and the unpublished Public Health Protection and Health Security Framework.
In particular, the Committee will discuss cooperation between the UK’s four administrations, consultation on the development of the frameworks, future policy divergence, as well as the effect of divergence caused by the Protocol on Ireland/ Northern Ireland.
The session will take place virtually on Tuesday 25 May at 10.30am and can be followed on Parliament TV.
Giving evidence will be:
- Mark Dayan, Policy Analyst and Head of Public Affairs, Nuffield Trust
- Dr Julie Cavanagh, Convenor, Faculty of Public Health in Scotland
- Ian Rees, Unit Manager, Inspectorate Strategy and Innovation Unit, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Questions the Committee is likely to ask include:
- What did cooperation between the four administrations in health look like before Brexit and how important were EU rules and regulations in this?
- Is there sufficient transparency in the ways that the four administrations cooperate?
- What would be the effect of regulatory divergence between the UK and Northern Ireland as a result of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland?
- How important are commercial bodies to the supply of Substances of Human Origin and to what extent do you expect the UK Internal Market Act 2020 to be used in this area?
