A Bill to prohibit charging for car parking at NHS Hospitals for patients and visitors; to make provision for NHS Hospitals to be exempt from business rates; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
1 November 2023
This bill would stop NHS hospitals from charging patients and visitors for car parking. It would also ensure NHS hospitals are exempt from business rates, along with related provisions to support these aims. The package is designed to reduce the financial burden on people visiting hospitals and to simplify hospital operations in this area.
The bill is currently at the first reading in the House of Commons. If it moves forward, it would proceed to the second reading and subsequent stages for scrutiny.
Generated 21 February 2026
Order for Second Reading on Friday 3 February, read and discharged. The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
