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G20 Summit

Proceeding contribution from Lord Hannay of Chiswick (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Monday, 17 November 2014. It occurred during Ministerial statement on G20 Summit.

My Lords, does the Minister recognise that what was decided on trade—in particular, the agreement that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership would be concluded next year—was very welcome? Can she say whether President Obama gave any indication of whether he was now likely to get fast-track authority to conduct that negotiation? What are the Government doing to deal with the broadly spread misconceptions, in this country as well as elsewhere in the European Union, about the risks of such an agreement, particularly stories that this would lead to the undermining of the National Health Service, for which there is no foundation whatever? These misconceptions need countering. Are the Government doing something about that?

On the World Health Organization, it is right, as the Statement says, that it needs some reform. Above all, it needs some resources. There is strong evidence that an absence of resources was part of the reason why it was rather slow off the mark when the Ebola outbreak began.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
757 c276 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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