Health and Social Care

Monday 15th November 2021 Ministerial Corrections

Menopause (Support and Services) Bill

The following are extracts from the debate on the Second Reading of the Menopause (Support and Services) Bill on 29 October 2021.

[Maria Caulfield]

The Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Sussex (Mims Davies), is hosting a roundtable with organisations including the British Chambers of Commerce and the Federation of Small Businesses to improve support for and understanding of the menopause, which will make recommendations to Parliament in November… The Women and Equalities Committee, chaired by my right hon. Friend the Member for Romsey and Southampton North, is about to hold an inquiry on menopause and the workplace. I look forward to its recommendations…I wish briefly to touch on the women’s health strategy, because I mentioned it in the debate last week. It will be published towards the end of the year.

[Official Report, 29 October 2021, Vol. 702, c. 538.]

Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Lewes (Maria Caulfield)

Errors have been identified in my speech.

The correct information should have been:

[Maria Caulfield]

The Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Sussex (Mims Davies), is hosting a roundtable with organisations including the British Chambers of Commerce and the Federation of Small Businesses to improve support for and understanding of the menopause, which will make recommendations to the Department for Work and Pensions in November…The Women and Equalities Committee, chaired by my right hon. Friend the Member for Romsey and Southampton North, is currently undertaking an inquiry on menopause and the workplace. I look forward to its recommendations…I wish briefly to touch on the women’s health strategy, because I mentioned it in the debate last week. We are aiming to publish it towards the end of the year.

[Maria Caulfield]

For a woman currently prescribed HRT on a three-monthly interval, moving to a 12-monthly repeatable prescription will make a saving of £66 a year.

[Official Report, 29 October 2021, Vol. 702, c. 539.]

Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Lewes (Maria Caulfield).

An error has been identified in my speech.

The correct information should have been:

[Maria Caulfield]

For a woman currently prescribed HRT on a three-monthly interval, moving to a 12-monthly repeatable prescription will make a saving of £56.10 a year.