Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings he has had on (a) assisted dying and (b) palliative care since his appointment.

Department ministers have attended 16 meetings on assisted dying and palliative care since July 2024.

These were a combination of introductory meetings to the policy area, meetings with the bill team and bill meetings with officials and the sponsor.