require the Secretary of State to conduct a review of the funding of hospices specialising in the care of children and to publish proposals for measures to guarantee access to hospices for all children who require palliative care; and for connected purposes.
The Children’s Hospices (Funding) Bill is a Presentation Bill tabled by Ian Byrne.
Is this Bill currently before Parliament?Yes. This Bill was introduced on 29 October 2024 and is currently before Parliament.
Whose idea is this Bill?As a Private Members' Bill, this Bill represents the individual initiative of an MP (Ian Byrne), not the Government.
What type of Bill is this?A Presentation Bill can be tabled by any MP after the fifth Wednesday of the Session. There is no limit to the number of Presentation Bills an individual MP may table.
So is this going to become a law?Presentation Bills are extremely unlikely to become law. Unless the Bill receives unanimous support from MPs and can pass 2nd Reading in the Commons without debate, it will not proceed further in the Bill process.
Would you like to know more?See these Glossary articles for more information: Presentation Bill, Private Members Bill, Process of a Bill
Next Event: Friday 24th January 2025 - 2nd reading
Order Paper number: 11
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
Last Event: Tuesday 29th October 2024 - 1st reading (Commons)
Bill Progession through Parliament