Bills Presented – in the House of Commons at 12:00 pm on 14 May 2026.
Presentation and First Reading (
Secretary Wes Streeting, supported by the Prime Minister, Secretary David Lammy, Secretary Steve Reed, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretary Hilary Benn, Secretary Douglas Alexander, Secretary Jo Stevens, Stephen Kinnock, Karin Smyth and Mrs Sharon Hodgson, presented a Bill to make provision about health and social care.
Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 9) with explanatory notes (Bill 9-EN).
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