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Oral Answers to Questions is a regularly scheduled appearance where the Secretary of State and junior minister will answer at the Dispatch Box questions from backbench MPs
Other Commons Chamber appearances can be:Westminster Hall debates are performed in response to backbench MPs or e-petitions asking for a Minister to address a detailed issue
Written Statements are made when a current event is not sufficiently significant to require an Oral Statement, but the House is required to be informed.
| Date | Type | Title |
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| Oct. 29 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Oct. 29 | Topical Questions | Topical Questions |
| May. 23 | Urgent Questions | Whorlton Hall |
| Oct. 31 | Written Statements | Personal Health Budgets: Legal Rights |
| Oct. 31 | Westminster Hall | E-cigarettes |
| Oct. 24 | Adjournment Debate | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Title | Last Event | Next Event Date | Last Updated | |
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| Health Service Safety Investigations Bill [HL] 2019-20 | 2nd reading (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 29 October, 2019 | 30 Oct 2019, 9:33 a.m. | ||
| A Bill to establish the Health Service Safety Investigations Body and to confer the function of carrying out investigations and other functions on that body; to make provision in connection with investigations carried out by that body; to make provision about medical examiners; and for connected purposes | ||||
| Health Service Safety Investigations Bill [HL] 2019-19 | 2nd reading (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 29 October, 2019 | 30 Oct 2019, 9:33 a.m. | ||
| A Bill to establish the Health Service Safety Investigations Body and to confer the function of carrying out investigations and other functions on that body; to make provision in connection with investigations carried out by that body; to make provision about medical examiners; and for connected purposes | ||||
| Healthcare (European Economic Area and Switzerland Arrangements) Act 2019 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 26 March, 2019 | 25 Apr 2019, 11:04 a.m. | ||
| A Bill to Make provision about paying and arranging for healthcare provided outside the United Kingdom and giving effect to healthcare agreements; and for connected purposes. | ||||
| Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 16 May, 2019 | 26 Sep 2019, 4:42 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to amend the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in relation to procedures in accordance with which a person may be deprived of liberty where the person lacks capacity to consent, and for connected purposes | ||||
| Current Signatures | Final Signatures | Title | Petition Deadline |
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238,769 Petition Closed |
Stop the privatisation of NHS services Gov Responded - 20 Feb 2018 Debated on - 23 Apr 2018 |
17 May 2018 closed 1 year, 6 months ago |
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We call for a ban on the outsourcing (privatisation) of NHS services, and stop the renewal of any outsourcing contracts already signed. Companies should not be profiteering from NHS contracts, when every pound of NHS budgets is desperately needed for more doctors and nurses, and to pay them more. |
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205,359 Petition Closed |
Lower the age for smear tests from 25 to 18 to prevent cervical cancer. Gov Responded - 13 Sep 2018 Debated on - 28 Jan 2019 |
3 Feb 2019 closed 10 months, 1 week ago |
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Hi I'm Natasha, I am making this petition because I want to make a difference to all woman living in the UK. I am 30 years old and I have metastatic cervical cancer. I believe that the age of screening should be lowered to age 18 to enable all woman to detect cell changes and prevent cancer. |
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118,034 Petition Closed |
Make Orkambi available on the NHS for people with Cystic Fibrosis Gov Responded - 7 Feb 2018 |
17 Jul 2018 closed 1 year, 4 months ago |
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Conventional CF treatments target the symptoms of CF, precision medicines like Orkambi tackle the cause of the condition. Though Orkambi is not a cure, it has been found to slow decline in lung function, the most common cause of death for people with CF, by 42% |
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| Date | Title | Type |
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| Dec. 07 | Statement from the Secretary of State on the Clinician Pension Tax Scheme | News and Communications |
| Dec. 03 | DHSC: IFRS 16 implementation guidance | Guidance and Regulation |
| Nov. 29 | Child death review data collection: submitting data | Guidance and Regulation |
Written Questions are submitted by Members of Parliament and the House of Lords to receive information or updates from a Department.
Departments are required to respond in a timely fashion and provide a response or requested information. Written Questions can compel detailed and specific information to be produced, and are frequently used as the source of news stories about the work of a Department.
| Date | Title | Questioner |
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| 5 Nov 2019, 5:02 p.m. | Rehabilitation: Conferences | Lord Wigley |
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Question To ask Her Majesty's Government which representatives attended the World Health Organisation Second Global Rehabilitation 2030 meeting in Geneva on 8 and 9 July. Answer (Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford) There were no United Kingdom Government representatives on the final list of participants for the Second Global Rehabilitation 2030 Meeting in Geneva on 8 and 9 July 2019. A number of medical, academic and other representatives from the UK did however take part. The list of participants is attached due to the size of the data. |
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