Maternity Services: Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation

(asked on 19th May 2026) - View Source
Questioner
Freddie van Mierlo Portrait
Freddie van Mierlo
(Liberal Democrat - Henley and Thame)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on protecting maternity safety campaigners from Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPPs).

Answered by
Preet Kaur Gill Portrait
Preet Kaur Gill
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 10th June 2026

There have been no discussions between my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice on protecting maternity safety campaigners from Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation.

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