Health Bill

Key Points

• Proposes new provisions for health and social care governance, funding and service delivery.
• Sets duties and standards for NHS bodies and local authorities.
• Aims to improve patient safety and accountability across health and care services.
• Comes with accompanying official documents, including impact assessments and explanatory notes.
• Shows cross‑party support in many parties, though Labour (Co-op) is recorded as opposing these amendments in the current votes.

Progress

The bill is at the second reading in the Commons (originally introduced in the Commons). The next steps are detailed scrutiny in Committee of the Whole House, followed by Report Stage and consideration by the Lords if it passes the Commons.

Voting

In the recorded amendments at Report Stage, Amendment 41 (164 Aye, 333 No) and Amendment 40 (163 Aye, 339 No) were defeated, and New Clause 26 (78 Aye, 327 No) was also defeated. Broad cross‑party support is shown among many parties, while Labour (Co‑op) opposed these amendments in the record.