What has Boris Johnson said about the US-UK trade talks?published at 10:58 Greenwich Mean Time 27 November 2019
During a TV debate earlier this month, Jeremy Corbyn claimed that US health firms would be given access to the NHS in a post-Brexit trade deal.
Responding at the time, Boris Johnson said the claims were "an absolute invention" and there were "no circumstances whatever in which this government or any Conservative government will put the NHS on the table in any trade negotiation".
Meanwhile, during PMQs in the House of Commons last month, Mr Johnson also said the NHS was "not on the table".
The Conservatives argue there will be red lines with the British position in any trade talks, which protect the current status of the health service and the drug purchasing regime.
The government also responded to a documentary by Channel 4 Dispatches , externalwhich asserted that the price the NHS pays for US medicines could rise steeply in any future trade deal with the United States.
"We could not agree to any proposals on medicines pricing or access that would put NHS finances at risk or reduce clinician and patient choice," the government said.