Question follow-through · 82860
Drugs: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with the pharmaceutical sector on promoting research and development investment in the UK.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 16 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 27 Oct 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with the pharmaceutical sector on promoting research and development investment in the UK.
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Oct 2025
Answer published
Officials and Ministers from the department meet regularly with representatives from the pharmaceutical sector, including on investment in research & development.This includes engagement on the Life Sciences Sector Plan, which sets out the Government’...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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