A Bill to require the provision of Emergency First Aid (EFA) education by all state-funded secondary schools; to require that EFA education include cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillator awareness; to provide for initial and continuing teacher education and guidance on best practice for delivering and inspecting EFA education; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
12 May 2016
The bill would require all state-funded secondary schools to teach Emergency First Aid (EFA) to pupils. It must cover CPR and defibrillator awareness, and schools would need initial and ongoing teacher training and guidance on how to deliver and inspect EFA education.
The bill is currently at its second reading in the House of Commons and has not yet advanced to committee stage.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2015-16 session of Parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress.
The Bill was presented to Parliament through the ballot procedure on 24 June 2015. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The debate on the Second Reading of the Bill on 20 November 2015 was adjourned.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
