Debate contribution: Clinical Trials
Debate contribution by Mr Stewart Dickson on .
- MLA
- Mr Stewart Dickson
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 3 November 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Clinical Trials
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5213191
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Thank you very much. Minister, how is your Department working with relevant stakeholders, such as universities, and the trusts to make Northern Ireland an attractive partner for UK-wide and international trials? Why has the Department brought about a great deal of confusion regarding EU rules, which, we were told, were blocking trials, with correspondence from you, Minister, last week saying that that was all wrong, there were no EU blockages and trials should be able to proceed? In reality, Minister, the blockage is in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.
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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 2611/22-27.
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