Regulation of Health and Social Care Professions Etc. Bill [HL]

Key Points

• It obligates HM Government to introduce a Bill regulating health and social care professions.
• The bill itself does not create the regulation; it prepares for a future regulatory framework.
• Originating in the Lords and currently at the 2nd Reading stage in the Lords.
• If enacted, regulation would come about through a future Bill, not immediate changes.
• Any regulation would still need to pass both Houses and receive Royal Assent to become law.

Progress

Currently at the 2nd Reading in the Lords. It has not yet progressed to Committee stage or to the Commons; further steps would require passage through both Houses and Royal Assent.