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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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| Mar. 10 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Mar. 10 | Topical Questions | Topical Questions |
| Mar. 09 | Urgent Questions | Coronavirus |
| Mar. 17 | Written Statements | National Guardian’s Office: Annual Report |
| Mar. 18 | Westminster Hall | Supermarkets’ Role in Tackling Childhood Obesity |
| Mar. 05 | Adjournment Debate | WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control |
| 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 | ||||
| Medicines and Medical Devices Bill 2019-20 | 1st reading: House of Commons (no debate) |
2nd reading: House of Commons 2 Mar 2020 |
14 Feb 2020, 11:44 a.m. | |
| A Bill to confer power to amend or supplement the law relating to human medicines, veterinary medicines and medical devices; make provision about the enforcement of regulations, and the protection of health and safety, in relation to medical devices; and for connected purposes. | ||||
| Medicines and Medical Devices Bill 2019-21 | Ways and Means resolution: House of Commons 2 March, 2020 | 13 Mar 2020, 4:59 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to confer power to amend or supplement the law relating to human medicines, veterinary medicines and medical devices; make provision about the enforcement of regulations, and the protection of health and safety, in relation to medical devices; and for connected purposes. | ||||
| NHS Funding Bill 2019-20 | 1st reading (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 5 February, 2020 |
2nd reading: House of Lords 26 Feb 2020 |
11 Feb 2020, 5:53 p.m. | |
| To make provision regarding the funding of the health service in England in respect of each financial year until the financial year that ends with 31 March 2024. | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| NHS Funding Act 2020 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 16 March, 2020 | 17 Mar 2020, 9:32 a.m. | ||
| To make provision regarding the funding of the health service in England in respect of each financial year until the financial year that ends with 31 March 2024. | ||||
| Coronavirus Act 2020 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 25 March, 2020 | 26 Mar 2020, 11:03 a.m. | ||
| A Bill to make provision in connection with coronavirus; 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, 10 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 1 year, 2 months 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, 8 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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Department of Health and Social Care Select Committee Home Page
Select Committees are a formally established cross-party group of backbench MPs tasked with holding a Government department to account.
At any time there will be number of ongoing investigations into the work of the Department, or issues which fall within the oversight of the Department. Witnesses can be summoned from within the Government and outside to assist in these inquiries, and the Select Committee will occasionally publish formal reports of their findings.
| Date | Title | Type |
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| Apr. 06 | Coronavirus (COVID-19): letter to pharmacists from Jo Churchill | News and Communications |
| Apr. 06 | General ophthalmic service fees and voucher values from April 2020 | Guidance and Regulation |
| Apr. 04 | Coronavirus (COVID-19): scaling up testing programmes | Policy paper |
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.
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| 6 Apr 2020, 4:36 p.m. | Hospitals: Private Sector | Martyn Day |
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Question To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requisitioning private hospitals to help tackle the covid-19 outbreak. Answer (Edward Argar) As announced by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on Saturday 21 March, the National Health Service has struck a deal with private hospitals to acquire thousands of extra beds, ventilators and medical staff to fight the COVID-19 outbreak. An extra 8,000 hospital beds across England, nearly 1,200 ventilators and almost 20,000 fully qualified staff are now available. |
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