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| Cancer drugs in ‘two or three hundred consignments’ from Welsh supplier thrown out due to post-Brexit border delays, UK MPs told. | Cancer drugs in ‘two or three hundred consignments’ from Welsh supplier thrown out due to post-Brexit border delays, UK MPs told. |
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| A Welsh pharmaceutical company has thrown out hundreds of packs of vital cancer treatments meant for EU patients after the time-sensitive drugs were held up due to post-Brexit border delays, MPs have heard. | A Welsh pharmaceutical company has thrown out hundreds of packs of vital cancer treatments meant for EU patients after the time-sensitive drugs were held up due to post-Brexit border delays, MPs have heard. |
| The Confederation of British Industry's (CBI) Ian Price told MPs at the Welsh Affairs Committee on Thursday morning that post-Brexit border delays were having considerable impacts on British exports, with one company already moving cancer-drug production to Dublin. The committee of Westminster MPs examines the expenditure, administration and policy relating to Wales. | The Confederation of British Industry's (CBI) Ian Price told MPs at the Welsh Affairs Committee on Thursday morning that post-Brexit border delays were having considerable impacts on British exports, with one company already moving cancer-drug production to Dublin. The committee of Westminster MPs examines the expenditure, administration and policy relating to Wales. |
| "There is one instance I am aware of that they have already moved production of a particular item to Dublin because they can’t, in the time allowed, continue to make it in Wales,” Price told the committee. | "There is one instance I am aware of that they have already moved production of a particular item to Dublin because they can’t, in the time allowed, continue to make it in Wales,” Price told the committee. |
| The CBI said it could not identify the company in question. | The CBI said it could not identify the company in question. |
| Committee Chair Stephen Crabb described the news as "shocking" and told Politics Home that he will be “seeking urgent clarification from the government” on the matter. | Committee Chair Stephen Crabb described the news as "shocking" and told Politics Home that he will be “seeking urgent clarification from the government” on the matter. |
| A spokesperson for the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry called on the UK government to renegotiate the trading arrangement for medicines with the EU, without commenting on the specific case mentioned by Price. | A spokesperson for the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry called on the UK government to renegotiate the trading arrangement for medicines with the EU, without commenting on the specific case mentioned by Price. |
| “The UK is currently unilaterally recognising EU batch testing, and we believe this should be reciprocated whilst a full MRA (Mutual Recognition Agreement) is worked out,” they said. | “The UK is currently unilaterally recognising EU batch testing, and we believe this should be reciprocated whilst a full MRA (Mutual Recognition Agreement) is worked out,” they said. |
| The post-Brexit trade arrangement has come under fire from numerous industries across the UK claiming the new restrictions on imports and exports with the EU are hampering their businesses. | The post-Brexit trade arrangement has come under fire from numerous industries across the UK claiming the new restrictions on imports and exports with the EU are hampering their businesses. |
| Northern Ireland retailers have repeatedly called on the government for help in reviewing the situation, warning that the current system of product checks is seriously hampering imports. | Northern Ireland retailers have repeatedly called on the government for help in reviewing the situation, warning that the current system of product checks is seriously hampering imports. |
| Also on Thursday, MPs on the Scottish Affairs Committee were told that the government had made “catastrophic decisions” on fishing, with UK fishermen banned from selling live molluscs to the EU. | Also on Thursday, MPs on the Scottish Affairs Committee were told that the government had made “catastrophic decisions” on fishing, with UK fishermen banned from selling live molluscs to the EU. |
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