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Written Question
Heart Diseases: Women
Thursday 11th December 2025

Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester Rusholme)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the lack of female-form CPR mannequins on survival rates for women experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Government is continuing to take action to increase cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) awareness and training, including NHS England leading sessions on first aid, CPR, and the use of defibrillators both in the community and in schools, under the Restart a Heart programme. This training should help to increase confidence in performing CPR on women.

NHS England has trained over 35,800 adults and children in CPR and defibrillation in the last 13 years, and 2,134 this year so far. NHS England delivers the sessions via their resuscitation team and via their community first responders.


Written Question
Heart Diseases: Women
Thursday 11th December 2025

Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester Rusholme)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve public confidence in performing CPR on women experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England runs training sessions on first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the use of defibrillators both in the community and in schools, under the Restart a Heart programme. This training should help to increase confidence in performing CPR on women. NHS England has trained over 35,800 adults and children in CPR and defibrillation in the last 13 years, and 2,134 this year so far. NHS England delivers the sessions via their resuscitation team and via their community first responders.


Division Vote (Commons)
10 Dec 2025 - Seasonal Work - View Vote Context
Afzal Khan (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 311 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 98 Noes - 325
Division Vote (Commons)
10 Dec 2025 - Seasonal Work - View Vote Context
Afzal Khan (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 312 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 320 Noes - 98
Division Vote (Commons)
10 Dec 2025 - Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer - View Vote Context
Afzal Khan (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 290 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 90 Noes - 297
Division Vote (Commons)
9 Dec 2025 - Railways Bill - View Vote Context
Afzal Khan (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 316 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 332
Division Vote (Commons)
9 Dec 2025 - UK-EU Customs Union (Duty to Negotiate) - View Vote Context
Afzal Khan (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 13 Labour Aye votes vs 3 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 100 Noes - 100
Division Vote (Commons)
9 Dec 2025 - Railways Bill - View Vote Context
Afzal Khan (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 314 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 329 Noes - 173
Written Question
Disadvantaged: Equality
Tuesday 9th December 2025

Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester Rusholme)

Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to enact the socioeconomic measures in the Equality Act 2010.

Answered by Olivia Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)

The Government will set out its timeline for commencement of the socio-economic duty in due course. We are currently drafting statutory guidance that will clarify how the duty can be applied effectively. As part of this process, public bodies will have the opportunity to engage on the guidance to make certain that we understand how to best implement the duty.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Dec 2025
Child Poverty Strategy

"Following 14 years of Tory austerity, harsh cuts to public services and a cost of living crisis, more than half of all children in my Manchester Rusholme constituency are living in poverty. My right hon. Friend has shown excellent leadership through this strategy, but given the dire condition in which …..."
Afzal Khan - View Speech

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