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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 |
| Jan. 14 | Written Statements | Ministerial Corrections |
| Jan. 21 | Westminster Hall | Surrogacy: Government Policy |
| Jan. 21 | Adjournment Debate | Stepping Hill Hospital |
| 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 | ||||
| NHS Funding Bill 2019-20 | 1st reading: House of Commons |
2nd reading: House of Commons 27 Jan 2020 |
21 Jan 2020, 4:24 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. | ||||
| 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, 8 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 11 months, 3 weeks 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, 6 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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| Jan. 21 | Branded medicines: statutory scheme | Open consultation |
| Jan. 19 | Paramedic students will get £5,000 support payment each year | News and Communications |
| Jan. 15 | NHS funding bill enters Parliament | News and Communications |
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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| 7 Jan 2020, 5:56 p.m. | NHS: Amazon | Lord Hunt of Kings Heath |
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Question To ask Her Majesty's Government what monitoring arrangements in relation to (1) patient confidentiality, (2) intellectual property, and (3) other data, have been built into the agreement to share NHS health data with Amazon. Answer (Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford) The agreement between the Department and Amazon is clear that none of the data generated will be shared with third parties; that it will not be used for selling products or making product recommendations to Amazon users; nor is it building any form of health profiles on Amazon customers. NHS Digital are working closely with Amazon to assess the effectiveness of the service. The algorithm used by Amazon is still learning and will be updated continuously to learn how people are asking questions about health conditions. All information is treated with high confidentiality and Amazon use multi-factor authentication to restrict access, service encryption, and audits of our control environment to protect it. No Amazon employee has direct access to information that can identify the person or account, and Amazon have the appropriate measures in place to ensure General Data Protection Regulation compliance. Patients already use Alexa and other devices to search for health information on a range of health issues. This agreement ensures that the information they receive from Alexa is medically verified by the National Health Service instead of from a range of other sources, such as non-United Kingdom websites. This agreement is not exclusive. There are over 2,000 other organisations that are accessing and using information from the NHS website in a similar way. |
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