Christopher Chope
Conservative - Christchurch
7,455 (15.7%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 1st May 1997
Select Committees
Modernisation Committee (since September 2024)Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (since October 2024)
Procedure Committee (since November 2024)
Panel of Chairs (since July 2024)
6 APPG memberships (as of 12 Feb 2025)
Community Development, Croatia, Energy Studies, Gardening and Horticulture, Pandemic Response and Recovery, Park Homes10 Former APPG memberships
Better Roads, British Property Owners in Cyprus, Covid-19 Vaccine Damage, Electric Aviation, Highway Maintenance, Highways, Historic Vehicles, Internet, Communications and Technology, Private Rented Sector, Road Freight and LogisticsDivision Voting information
Christopher Chope voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 3 Conservative No votes vs 4 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 412 Noes - 16
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.
Sparring Partners
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(6 debate interactions)
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
(5 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(26 debate contributions)
(12 debate contributions)
(12 debate contributions)
(9 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(327 words contributed)
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(63 words contributed)
Christchurch Petitions
e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.
If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.
If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).
of 39,278 signatures (0.29%)
of 166,673 signatures (0.22%)
of 158,327 signatures (0.21%)
of 60,491 signatures (0.20%)
of 218,862 signatures (0.19%)
of 166,673 signatures (0.22%)
of 158,327 signatures (0.21%)
of 218,815 signatures (0.13%)
Latest EDMs signed by Christopher Chope
Town and Country Planning
Tabled by: Keir Starmer (Labour - Holborn and St Pancras)That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that the Town and Country Planning (Former RAF Scampton) (Accommodation for Asylum-Seekers etc.) Special Development Order 2024 (S.I., 2024, No. 412), dated 20 March 2024, a copy of which was laid before this House on 21 March 2024, be annulled.
(Most recent: 30 Apr 2024)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 22
Labour: 9
Dogs
Tabled by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that the Dangerous Dogs (Designated Types) (England and Wales) Order 2023 (S.I., 2023, No. 1164), dated 31 October 2023, a copy of which was laid before this House on 31 October 2023, be annulled.
(Most recent: 8 Jan 2024)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 8
Labour: 3
Independent: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Christopher Chope, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
Christopher Chope has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Christopher Chope has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
252 Bills introduced by Christopher Chope
A Bill to amend the provisions about pitch fees in the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and for connected purposes.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 2nd May 2023 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to make provision for the regulation of political opinion polling in the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 1st March 2016
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress.
Friday 20th January 2012
A Bill to require public authorities to exercise their statutory powers to investigate and take enforcement action for breaches of the law; to make provision for sanctions for failing to take such action; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to require a Regulatory Impact Assessment to be published for all primary and secondary legislation introduced by the Government; to make provision for associated sanctions; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to limit exit payments made by some public sector organisations to employees; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to amend the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 to make provision about parliamentary scrutiny of regulations made under that Act; and for connected purposes.
Friday 3rd February 2023
A Bill to make provision about arranging alternative non-NHS England treatment for patients who have waited for more than one year for hospital treatment; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to make provision for co-funding and for the extension of co-payment for NHS services in England; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to create offences in respect of persons who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to establish a national register of Green Belt land in England; to restrict the ability of local authorities to de-designate Green Belt land; to make provision about future development of de-designated Green Belt land; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to exempt from VAT supplies of electricity, oil and gas for domestic purposes; and for connected purposes.
Friday 21st October 2022
A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to improve the diagnosis and treatment of persons who have suffered or continue to suffer ill effects from Covid-19 vaccines; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to make provision about financial assistance to persons who have suffered disablement following vaccination against Covid-19 and to the next of kin of persons who have died shortly after vaccination against Covid-19; to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the merits of a no-fault compensation scheme to provide such financial assistance, on whether there should be any upper limit on the financial assistance available, on the criteria for eligibility and on whether payment should be made in all cases where there is no other reasonable cause for the death or disablement suffered; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to establish an independent review of disablement caused by Covid-19 vaccinations and the adequacy of the compensation offered to persons so disabled; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to extend the definition of children’s clothing for the purposes of exemption from VAT; to extend the VAT exemption to further categories of school uniform; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to amend the requirements for caravan site licence applications made under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to exempt motor homes from caravan site licensing requirements; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to make provision for the privatisation of the British Broadcasting Corporation; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to de-criminalise the non-payment of the BBC licence fee by persons aged over seventy-five; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to require the Chancellor of the Exchequer to report to Parliament on proposals to replace the Barnett Formula used to calculate adjustments to public expenditure allocated to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with a statutory scheme for the allocation of resources based on an assessment of relative needs; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to create an offence of disclosing the identity of a person who is the subject of an investigation in respect of the alleged commission of an offence; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th October 2023
A Bill to require public authorities to exercise their statutory powers to investigate and take enforcement action for breaches of the law; to make provision for sanctions for failing to take such action; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision for co-funding and for the extension of co-payment for NHS services in England; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to amend the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision about arranging alternative non-NHS England treatment for patients who have waited for more than one year for hospital treatment; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to amend the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 to make provision about Parliamentary scrutiny of regulations made under that Act; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to limit exit payments made by some public sector organisations to employees; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require a Regulatory Impact Assessment to be published for all primary and secondary legislation introduced by the Government; to make provision for associated sanctions; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to create offences in respect of persons who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to establish a national register of Green Belt land in England; to restrict the ability of local authorities to de-designate Green Belt land; to make provision about future development of de-designated Green Belt land; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to improve the diagnosis and treatment of persons who have suffered or continue to suffer ill effects from Covid-19 vaccines; to make provision about financial assistance to persons who have suffered disablement following vaccination against Covid-19 and to the next of kin of persons who have died shortly after vaccination against Covid-19; to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the merits of a no-fault compensation scheme to provide such financial assistance, on whether there should be any upper limit on the financial assistance available, on the criteria for eligibility and on whether payment should be made in all cases where there is no other reasonable cause for the death or disablement suffered; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to establish an independent review of disablement caused by Covid-19 vaccinations and the adequacy of the compensation offered to persons so disabled; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to amend the requirements for caravan site licence applications made under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to de-criminalise the non-payment of the BBC licence fee by persons aged over seventy five; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to limit exit payments made by public sector organisations to employees; and for connected purposes.
Friday 13th March 2020
A Bill to amend the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and for connected purposes.
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to establish a national register of green belt land in England; to restrict the ability of local authorities to de-designate green belt land; to make provision about future development of de-designated green belt land; and for connected purposes.
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require the carrying out and publication of reviews of the level of public expenditure in connection with the High Speed 2 rail line (Phase 1); to establish procedures in connection with changes in these levels; and for connected purposes.
Friday 8th February 2019
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require the Government to publish an annual review of the net yield to HM Treasury of tax rates and duties levied, including estimates of the impact on yield of changes to rates of those taxes and duties; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make the breach of certain rules relating to sub-letting rented accommodation a criminal offence; to make provision for criminal sanctions in respect of unauthorised sub-letting; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to limit the rate of interest chargeable on outstanding student loan debt; and for connected purposes.
Friday 25th January 2019
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the reduction of stamp duty rates on residential property.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to prohibit permanent derogations from a 30 mile per hour speed limit in built-up areas in England; to make provision for the circumstances in which speed limits below 30 miles per hour may be introduced; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to enable schools to select pupils on the basis of published criteria; to allow schools to determine maximum class sizes; to remove restrictions on the expansion of the number of pupils in schools and on the creation of new schools; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about the availability of public services during weekday evenings, at weekends and on bank holidays; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require the use of published criteria to determine whether mobile homes and park homes are liable for council tax or non-domestic rates; to make provision in relation to the residential status of such homes; to amend the Mobile Home Acts; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to remove certain restrictions on the production and sale of goods manufactured in the United Kingdom for use in the United Kingdom, in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about the maintenance and repair of roads by local authorities in England; to make provision for prescribing the use of funds for this purpose; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the reduction of tariffs on goods imported into the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about the accountability of clinical commissioning groups; to make provision about local referendums on NHS sustainability and transformation plans; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for fruit and vegetables to be classified by flavour, condition and size for the purposes of sale in the UK; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to restrict the rights of vessels not registered in the United Kingdom to fish in territorial waters; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to introduce more freedom, flexibility and opportunity for those seeking employment in the public and private sector; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to impose duties on the Electoral Commission to investigate allegations of electoral fraud and other breaches of electoral law and to act as the prosecuting authority for such offences; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to reduce Value Added Tax on domestic energy bills; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about private prosecutions in cases of suspected criminal fraud in certain circumstances; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision to enhance the protection available for bat habitats in the non-built environment and to limit the protection for bat habitats in the built environment where the presence of bats has a significant adverse impact upon the users of buildings; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the recruitment and retention of Volunteer Reserves for the Armed Forces; to make provision for the eligibility for deployment of such reserves; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
A Bill to make provision to enhance the protection available for bat habitats in the non built environment and to limit the protection for bat habitats in the built environment where the presence of bats has a significant adverse impact upon the users of buildings.
Friday 5th February 2016
A Bill to make provision for an open list system for elections to the European Parliament.
Friday 4th March 2016
A Bill to make provision to restrict the entitlement of non-UK Citizens from the European Union and the European Economic Area to taxpayer-funded benefits.
Friday 5th February 2016
A Bill to make provision for criminal sanctions against those who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority.
Friday 4th March 2016
A Bill to make provision to facilitate an increase in the registration of voters resident overseas who are eligible to participate in United Kingdom Parliamentary elections; to extend the criteria for eligibility to register as an overseas voter; to enable those registered as overseas voters to cast their votes through use of the internet; and for connected purposes.
Friday 26th February 2016
A Bill to make provision about the meeting by the United Kingdom of the target for defence expenditure to constitute a minimum of 2% of Gross Domestic Product; to make provision that the definition of defence expenditure is subject to independent verification; and for connected purposes.
Friday 9th January 2015
A Bill to make provision to ensure that pupils with a parent with a terminal or seriously disabling illness receive priority in the admissions process to maintained schools in England.
Friday 7th November 2014
A Bill to make provision to facilitate an increase in the registration of voters resident overseas who are eligible to participate in United Kingdom Parliamentary elections; to extend the criteria for eligibility to register as an overseas voter and to enable those registered as overseas voters to cast their votes through use of the internet; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd January 2015
A Bill to make provision for criminal sanctions against those who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority.
Friday 24th October 2014
A Bill to make provision for a national referendum on whether the proposed construction of the HS2 railway should be supported financially by the UK taxpayer.
Friday 23rd January 2015
A Bill to make provision for an open list system for elections to the European Parliament.
Friday 9th January 2015
A Bill to make provision for rules relating to the exclusion of convicted prisoners from participation in Parliamentary and Local Elections.
Friday 5th December 2014
A Bill to restrict the height, number, location and operation of wind turbines situated off shore within twenty miles of the coast; to restrict subsidies available for such turbines; and to make provision regulating the length, location and environmental impact of cables connecting such turbines to the national grid; and for connected purposes.
Friday 16th January 2015
A Bill to make provision to enhance the protection available for bat habitats in the non-built environment and to limit the protection for bat habitats in the built environment where the presence of bats has a significant adverse impact upon the users of buildings.
Friday 16th January 2015
Friday 16th January 2015
A Bill to limit the application of the EU Working Time Directive; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd January 2015
A Bill to make provision to ensure that the United Kingdom has absolute control over the right to prevent non-UK citizens from entering the United Kingdom; to determine the circumstances in which non-UK citizens may be required to leave the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.
Friday 9th January 2015
A Bill to make provision for criminal sanctions against those who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority.
Friday 17th January 2014
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision to restrict the entitlement of non-UK Citizens from the European Union and the European Economic Area to taxpayer-funded benefits.
Friday 17th January 2014
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to define public service content for the purposes of public service broadcasting.
Friday 1st April 2011
Friday 17th June 2011
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make further provision to limit the size of the legislature by ensuring that the number of peers entitled to vote in the House of Lords does not exceed the number of parliamentary constituencies; to introduce a statutory limit on the number of Ministers, Whips and Parliamentary Private Secretaries in each House of Parliament; and to set a maximum proportion of Ministers, Whips and Parliamentary Private Secretaries in the total membership of each House of Parliament.
Friday 4th March 2011
Friday 13th May 2011
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. The Bill would impose a maximum limit of £50,000 on all compensatory awards made by Employment Tribunals arising out of cases brought for unfair or wrongful dismissal or unlawful discrimination.
Friday 17th June 2011
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress.
Friday 18th March 2011
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress.
Friday 10th June 2011
A Bill to make provision to require all institutions of further and higher education in receipt of public funds to allocate places on merit; and for connected purposes.
Friday 4th March 2011
The Bill would make provision for roadside testing for illegal drugs.
Friday 10th June 2011
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to establish an independent review of disablement caused by Covid-19 vaccinations and the adequacy of the compensation offered to persons so disabled; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 7th March 2025
Order Paper number: 32
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to make provision about arranging alternative non-NHS England treatment for patients who have waited for more than one year for hospital treatment; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 7th March 2025
Order Paper number: 30
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to review, and publish a report on, the merits of increasing the relevant statutory sum under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 for all claims since 1 January 2020 by an amount representing the amount of inflation since 2007.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 7th March 2025
Order Paper number: 29
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to create offences in respect of persons who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 7th March 2025
Order Paper number: 27
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to make provision for the privatisation of the British Broadcasting Corporation; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 7th March 2025
Order Paper number: 26
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to amend section 58 of the Highways Act 1980 to restrict the defences available to highway authorities; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 7th March 2025
Order Paper number: 25
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to extend the definition of children’s clothing for the purposes of exemption from VAT; to extend the VAT exemption to further categories of school uniform; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 7th March 2025
Order Paper number: 22
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to create an offence of disclosing the identity of a person who is the subject of an investigation in respect of the alleged commission of an offence; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 7th March 2025
Order Paper number: 21
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to make provision about financial assistance to persons who have suffered disablement following vaccination against Covid-19 and to the next of kin of persons who have died shortly after vaccination against Covid-19; to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the merits of a no-fault compensation scheme to provide such financial assistance, on whether there should be any upper limit on the financial assistance available, on the criteria for eligibility and on whether payment should be made in all cases where there is no other reasonable cause for the death or disablement suffered; to provide for a special time limit under the Limitation Act 1980 for actions in respect of personal injury or death following a Covid-19 vaccination; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 7th March 2025
Order Paper number: 20
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to amend the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 7th March 2025
Order Paper number: 18
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to establish a national register of Green Belt land in England; to restrict the ability of local authorities to de-designate Green Belt land; to make provision about future development of de-designated Green Belt land; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 20th June 2025
Order Paper number: 4
(Possibly be Debated)
A Bill to limit exit payments made by some public sector organisations to employees; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 13th June 2025
Order Paper number: 5
(Possibly be Debated)
A Bill to make provision for co-funding and for the extension of co-payment for NHS services in England; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 16th May 2025
Order Paper number: 5
(Possibly be Debated)
A Bill to require public authorities to exercise their statutory powers to investigate and take enforcement action for breaches of the law; to make provision for sanctions for failing to take such action; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 11th July 2025
Order Paper number: 3
(Likely to be Debated)
A Bill to require a Regulatory Impact Assessment to be published for all primary and secondary legislation introduced by the Government; to make provision for associated sanctions; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 4th July 2025
Order Paper number: 5
(Possibly be Debated)
A Bill to de-criminalise the non-payment of the BBC licence fee by persons aged over seventy-five; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 7th March 2025
Order Paper number: 11
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to exempt motor homes from caravan site licensing requirements; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 28th March 2025
Order Paper number: 7
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to amend the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 to make provision about Parliamentary scrutiny of regulations made under that Act; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 14th March 2025
Order Paper number: 4
(Possibly be Debated)
A Bill to exempt from VAT supplies of electricity, oil and gas for domestic purposes; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 7th March 2025
Order Paper number: 10
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to exempt from Value Added Tax goods or services which are beneficial to the environment, to health and safety, to education or for charitable purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 28th March 2025
Order Paper number: 6
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to require the Government to conduct a review of every Arm’s-Length Body in existence on 4 July 2024 and to publish the results of those reviews within four years; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 14th March 2025
Order Paper number: 3
(Likely to be Debated)
A Bill to provide that, before making any order to designate a type of dog for the purposes of section 1 or 2 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, the Secretary of State must carry out a public consultation and publish a comparative review of data showing the incidences of fatalities resulting from bites of dogs of that type in the last three years.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 7th March 2025
Order Paper number: 9
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to provide that a draft statutory instrument which is subject to the affirmative resolution procedure may be amended by either House of Parliament before it is approved; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 7th March 2025
Order Paper number: 8
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
A Bill to exempt from Value Added Tax the supply of electricity at public electric vehicle charging points; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 13th June 2025
Order Paper number: 4
(Possibly be Debated)
A Bill to set maximum time limits within which a bailiff’s warrant of possession appointment date must be granted; to make provision for alternative methods of executing warrants of possession; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 16th May 2025
Order Paper number: 4
(Possibly be Debated)
A Bill to exempt from Value Added Tax repairs to listed places of worship; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 28th March 2025
Order Paper number: 5
(Possibly be Debated)
A Bill to provide for exemptions from insurance premium tax in respect of health insurance; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 20th June 2025
Order Paper number: 3
(Likely to be Debated)
A Bill to create an offence of child criminal exploitation; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 4th July 2025
Order Paper number: 4
(Possibly be Debated)
A Bill to make provision for penalties against the Court of Directors of the Bank of England for failure to meet inflation targets.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 11th July 2025
Order Paper number: 2
(Likely to be Debated)
A Bill to require producers, suppliers and retailers of meat to indicate clearly whether the animal has been killed in accordance with religious rites without prior stunning; to require the Secretary of State to collect and publish specified information relating to meat slaughtered in accordance with such practice; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st October 2024
Friday 25th April 2025
Order Paper number: 5
(Possibly be Debated)
A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to review, and publish a report on, the merits of increasing the relevant statutory sum under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 for all claims since 1 January 2020 by an amount representing the amount of inflation since 2007.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to provide that a draft statutory instrument which is subject to the affirmative resolution procedure may be amended by either House of Parliament before it is approved; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to require a Regulatory Impact Assessment to be published for all primary and secondary legislation introduced by the Government; to make provision for associated sanctions; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to limit exit payments made by some public sector organisations to employees; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to amend the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 to make provision about parliamentary scrutiny of regulations made under that Act; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to make provision about arranging alternative non-NHS England treatment for patients who have waited for more than one year for hospital treatment; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to amend the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to amend section 58 of the Highways Act 1980 to restrict the defences available to highway authorities; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to establish a national register of Green Belt land in England; to restrict the ability of local authorities to de-designate Green Belt land; to make provision about future development of de-designated Green Belt land; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to exempt from Value Added Tax goods or services which are beneficial to the environment, to health and safety, to education or for charitable purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to provide that, before making any order to designate a type of dog for the purposes of section 1 or 2 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, the Secretary of State must carry out a public consultation and publish a comparative review of data showing the incidences of fatalities resulting from bites of dogs of that type in the last three years.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to provide for an exemption from the provisions of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 relating to dogs bred for fighting and other specially dangerous dogs for persons who hold a licence; to make provision relating to such licences; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to improve the diagnosis and treatment of persons who have suffered or continue to suffer ill effects from Covid-19 vaccines; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to make provision about financial assistance to persons who have suffered disablement following vaccination against Covid-19 and to the next of kin of persons who have died shortly after vaccination against Covid-19; to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the merits of a no-fault compensation scheme to provide such financial assistance, on whether there should be any upper limit on the financial assistance available, on the criteria for eligibility and on whether payment should be made in all cases where there is no other reasonable cause for the death or disablement suffered; to provide for a special time limit under the Limitation Act 1980 for actions in respect of personal injury or death following a Covid-19 vaccination; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to establish an independent review of disablement caused by Covid-19 vaccinations and the adequacy of the compensation offered to persons so disabled; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to extend the definition of children’s clothing for the purposes of exemption from VAT; to extend the VAT exemption to further categories of school uniform; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to exempt motor homes from caravan site licensing requirements; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to make provision for the privatisation of the British Broadcasting Corporation; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to de-criminalise the non-payment of the BBC licence fee by persons aged over seventy-five; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to require the Chancellor of the Exchequer to report to Parliament on proposals to replace the Barnett Formula used to calculate adjustments to public expenditure allocated to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with a statutory scheme for the allocation of resources based on an assessment of relative needs; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to make provision for Arm’s-Length Bodies to be directly accountable to Parliament.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to create an offence of disclosing the identity of a person who is the subject of an investigation in respect of the alleged commission of an offence; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to require public authorities to exercise their statutory powers to investigate and take enforcement action for breaches of the law; to make provision for sanctions for failing to take such action; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to create offences in respect of persons who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to make provision for co-funding and for the extension of co-payment for NHS services in England; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to amend the requirements for caravan site licence applications made under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to exempt from VAT supplies of electricity, oil and gas for domestic purposes; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to amend the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and for connected purposes.
Monday 20th June 2022
A Bill to prohibit the transfer of personal data by the NHS without the authority of the data subject; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st June 2021
A Bill to extend the definition of children's clothing for the purposes of exemption from VAT; to extend the VAT exemption to further categories of school uniform; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st June 2021
A Bill to make provision for the privatisation of Channel 4; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st June 2021
A Bill to exempt motor homes from caravan site licensing requirements; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st June 2021
A Bill to make provision for the privatisation of the British Broadcasting Corporation; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st June 2021
A Bill to require the Chancellor of the Exchequer to report to Parliament on proposals to replace the Barnett Formula used to calculate adjustments to public expenditure allocated to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with a statutory scheme for the allocation of resources based on an assessment of relative needs; and for connected purposes.
Monday 21st June 2021
A Bill to make provision for the expiration of the Working Time Regulations 1998; to provide for regulations governing working time; to make provision about holiday pay for employees; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to enable the maximum turnover threshold for exemption from the requirement to register for VAT to be raised; to make provision for the exemption of certain goods and services from liability to VAT; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to enable schools to select pupils on the basis of published criteria; to allow schools to determine maximum class sizes; to remove restrictions on the expansion of the number of pupils in schools and on the creation of new schools; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to require public authorities to exercise their statutory powers to investigate and take enforcement action for breaches of the law; to make provision for sanctions for failing to take such action; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 3rd March 2020
A Bill to prohibit permanent derogations from a 30 mile per hour speed limit in built-up areas in England; to make provision for the circumstances in which speed limits below 30 miles per hour may be introduced; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for the reduction of stamp duty rates on residential property.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision about the forgiveness or discharge of student loan debt in certain circumstances; to make provision about the treatment of student loan debt in bankruptcy proceedings; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to limit the rate of interest chargeable on outstanding student loan debt; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make the breach of certain rules relating to sub-letting rented accommodation a criminal offence; to make provision for criminal sanctions in respect of unauthorised sub-letting; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to require the Government to publish an annual review of the net yield to HM Treasury of tax rates and duties levied, including estimates of the impact on yield of changes to rates of those taxes and duties; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision about the definition of international development assistance; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to impose duties relating to the provision of public education on free trade; to require regular reports from government on trade arrangements with other countries; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for the reduction of burdens resulting from legislation for businesses or other organisations or for individuals; to make provision for the repeal or amendment of regulations; to make provision about the exercise of regulatory powers and functions; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for guidance to schools about reducing anxiety about environmental concerns among pupils and staff; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision about the maintenance and repair of roads by local authorities in England; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision about the availability of public services during weekday evenings, at weekends and on bank holidays; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision to restrict the entitlement of non-UK citizens to publicly-funded benefits and services; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision to require cost-benefit analysis and independent audit before payments are made by the Government to a foreign country or international organisation; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for an independent audit of the costs and benefits of meeting the requirement under the Climate Change Act 2008 for net United Kingdom carbon emissions to be zero by 2050; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for co-funding and for the extension of co-payment for NHS services in England; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for the removal from the United Kingdom of foreign national criminal offenders and prisoners; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision about requirements for non-UK citizens seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom; to make provision about a process for the removal from the United Kingdom of non-UK citizens, in certain circumstances and on the basis of established criteria; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision about private prosecutions in cases of suspected criminal fraud in certain circumstances; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to repeal provisions for the compulsory retirement of holders of judicial office on the grounds of age; to remove upper age limits for appointment to judicial office; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to require the use of published criteria to determine whether mobile homes and park homes are liable for council tax or non-domestic rates; to make provision in relation to the residential status of such homes; to amend the Mobile Home Acts; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to require persons bringing claims or proceedings under the Human Rights Act 1998 to satisfy a test of reasonableness and equity; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision about the local accountability of clinical commissioning groups; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to amend Part 3 of the Housing Act 2004 to provide that any selective licensing scheme for residential accommodation extends to social housing.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to reduce anxiety about environmental concerns among the general population; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision to limit the protection for bat habitats in the built environment where the presence of bats has a significant adverse impact upon the users of buildings; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to establish a national register of green belt land in England; to restrict the ability of local authorities to de-designate green belt land; to make provision about future development of de-designated green belt land; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for the removal of restrictions on principal local authorities in England to set levels of council tax; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for the privatisation of the British Broadcasting Corporation and Channel 4; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision to decriminalise the non-payment of the BBC licence fee.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to create offences in respect of persons who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for the regulation of the sale and use of electronic cigarettes; to exempt electronic cigarettes from UK law derived from the Tobacco Products Directive; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision about the acquisition of land and property by local authorities in England outside their own local authority boundaries; to limit the power of local authorities to invest in commercial risk-taking enterprises; to limit public borrowing by local authorities for non-core activities; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to amend the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 to remove planning permission requirements for caravan site licence applicants; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to reduce Value Added Tax on domestic energy bills; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
A Bill to make provision for independent audits of the costs and benefits of the decarbonisation of road transport, and of the regulation of the sale and production of petrol, diesel and hybrid cars; and for connected purposes.
Monday 10th February 2020
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to impose duties relating to the provision of public education on free trade; to require regular reports from government on trade arrangements with other countries; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the definition of a coastal path in England in respect of the coastal access duty under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to enable the maximum turnover threshold for exemption from the requirement to register for VAT to be raised; to make provision for the exemption of certain goods and services from liability to VAT; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for affordable home ownership; to require the inclusion of rent to buy homes in the definition of affordable housing; to make provision for a minimum proportion of new affordable housing to be available on affordable rent to buy terms; to provide relief from stamp duty when an affordable rent to buy home is purchased; and for connected purposes.
Friday 23rd November 2018
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to prohibit principal local authorities being abolished in the absence of the authority of its elected councillors and a local referendum; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about the acquisition of land and property by local authorities in England outside their own local authority boundaries; to limit the power of local authorities to invest in commercial risk-taking enterprises; to limit public borrowing by local authorities for non-core activities; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for co-funding and for the extension of co-payment for NHS services in England; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to limit exit payments made by public sector organisations to employees; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to amend the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 to extend public access to certain documents that are commercially confidential and documents relating to NHS bodies in England; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about the requirements for non-UK citizens seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom; to make provision about a process for the removal from the United Kingdom of non-UK citizens, in certain circumstances and on the basis of established criteria; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to prohibit persons from being registered to vote in Parliamentary elections in more than one constituency; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
A Bill to make provision to require cost-benefit analysis and independent audit before payments are made by the Government to a foreign country or international organisation; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
A Bill to make provision about the forgiveness or discharge of student loan debt in certain circumstances; to make provision about the treatment of student loan debt in bankruptcy proceedings; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
A Bill to create offences in respect of persons that have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision to decriminalise the non-payment of the BBC licence fee.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to repeal provisions for the compulsory retirement of holders of judicial office on the grounds of age; to remove upper age limits for appointment to judicial office; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the regulation of the sale and use of electronic cigarettes; to exempt electronic cigarettes from UK law derived from the Tobacco Products Directive; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision to restrict the entitlement of non-UK citizens to publicly-funded benefits and services; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about the definition of international development assistance; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the removal of restrictions on principal local authorities in England to set levels of council tax; and for connected purposes.
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the removal from the United Kingdom of foreign national criminal offenders and of prisoners who are citizens of European Union Member States; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the reduction of burdens resulting from legislation for businesses or other organisations or for individuals; to make provision for the repeal or amendment of regulations; to make provision about the exercise of regulatory powers and functions; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the privatisation of the British Broadcasting Corporation and Channel 4; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
A Bill to require persons bringing claims or proceedings under the Human Rights Act 1998 to satisfy a test of reasonableness and equity; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
A Bill to make provision about holiday pay for employees; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the expiration of the Working Time Regulations 1998; to provide for regulations governing working time; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th September 2017
A Bill to make provision for rules relating to the exclusion of convicted prisoners from participation in parliamentary and local elections.
Monday 6th July 2015
A Bill to provide for a maximum limit on the number of Peers entitled to vote in the House of Lords; and to provide for a moratorium on new appointments.
Monday 6th July 2015
Wednesday 20th January 2016
A Bill to make provision to ensure that the United Kingdom has absolute control over the right to prevent non-UK citizens from entering the United Kingdom; to determine the circumstances in which non-UK citizens may be required to leave the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes.
Monday 6th July 2015
A Bill to make provision for the limitation of subsidies for the development and operation of off-shore wind farms.
Monday 6th July 2015
A Bill to limit the application of the EU Working Time Directive; and for connected purposes.
Monday 6th July 2015
A Bill to provide for a maximum limit on the number of Peers entitled to vote in the House of Lords; and to provide for a moratorium on new appointments.
Monday 7th July 2014
A Bill to require an independent audit of the benefits and costs of UK membership of the European Union.
Monday 7th July 2014
A Bill to make provision for a statutory code of practice to clarify and simplify the law relating to protection against unfair dismissal of miscreant employees; and for connected purposes.
Monday 7th July 2014
A Bill to make provision to restrict the entitlement of non-UK citizens from the European Union and the European Economic Area to taxpayer-funded benefits.
Monday 7th July 2014
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to restrict the height, number, location and subsidies of wind turbines situated offshore within 20 miles of the coast.
Friday 17th January 2014
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require that asylum claims in the United Kingdom be lodged within three months of the claimant’s arrival in the United Kingdom; and that persons who have already entered the United Kingdom and wish to make an asylum claim must do so within three months of the passing of this Act.
Monday 24th June 2013
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require the collection and publication of information relating to the nationality of those in receipt of benefits and of those to whom national insurance numbers are issued.
Monday 24th June 2013
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to introduce more freedom, flexibility and opportunity for those seeking employment in the public and private sectors; and for connected purposes.
Monday 24th June 2013
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require an independent audit of the benefits and costs of UK membership of the European Union.
Monday 24th June 2013
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to restrict access by foreign nationals to United Kingdom public services for which no charge is made.
Monday 24th June 2013
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to provide for a maximum limit on the number of Peers entitled to vote in the House of Lords; and to provide for a moratorium on new appointments.
Monday 24th June 2013
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require that claims by employees alleging sexual impropriety be limited to cases where the alleged misconduct is contrary to the criminal law and has been reported to the police.
Monday 24th June 2013
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision for the Government to give notice under Article 50 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; and for connected purposes.
Monday 24th June 2013
A Bill to amend the National Health Service Redress Act 2006 to facilitate faster resolution of claims and reduce costs; and for connected purposes.
Thursday 21st October 2010
A Bill to empower the Secretary of State to abolish National Park Authorities; and for connected purposes.
Monday 5th July 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to exempt self-employed persons engaged in low hazard activity from the requirement to produce a written risk assessment.
Thursday 21st October 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to abolish the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority; and for connected purposes.
Thursday 21st October 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to exempt employers from the requirement to produce a written risk assessment in respect of low hazard workplaces and the premises of those working from their own home with low hazard equipment.
Thursday 21st October 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. The Bill would require central government Departments, executive agencies, non-Departmental public bodies, NHS bodies and public corporations to make an annual declaration of any of their tangible fixed assets that were unused on 1 January each year and the length of time those assets had been out of use. They would then be required to offer for sale at public auction any tangible fixed assets that had been out of use for more than one year.
Monday 5th July 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to introduce qualification requirements for health and safety consultants; to provide accreditation for such consultants; and for connected purposes.
Thursday 21st October 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to amend the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 in respect of systems of risk assessment; to make provision for separate requirements for play, leisure and work-based activities; to introduce simplified risk assessments for schools; and for connected purposes.
Thursday 21st October 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to facilitate the sale of park homes by residential owners; to restrict the ability of site owners to interfere in such sales; and for connected purposes.
Thursday 21st October 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to raise to £25,000 the upper limit for awards for road traffic accident personal injury claims introduced under the simplified claims procedure.
Thursday 21st October 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to reduce the duties on employers to report matters under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995.
Thursday 21st October 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to provide for minimum turn-out thresholds for referendums; to impose restrictions on holding elections and referendums on the same day; to facilitate combined referendums on different issues; and for connected purposes.
Monday 5th July 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. The Bill would require that a criminal records office (defined as "the Criminal Records Bureau or any successor body with similar statutory functions") must keep copies of all Magistrates’ Courts Registers, and any other registers produced by a court listing convictions, in electronic form, and must make these accessible to the public. It would provide that such information would not be considered 'personal information' for the purpose of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Thursday 21st October 2010
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to prevent conditional fee agreement success fees and after the event insurance premiums being recoverable from the losing party in civil litigation; to facilitate damages-based agreements for contingency fees in respect of successful litigants; and for connected purposes.
Thursday 21st October 2010
A Bill to enable the national minimum wage to be varied to reflect local labour market conditions; and for connected purposes.
Monday 5th July 2010
The Bill would provide that anyone entitled to the national minimum wage, as defined in the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, would lose that entitlement if they had entered into a written contract of employment offering them a training wage and training from the employer in skills relevant to the employment.
Monday 5th July 2010
9 Bills co-sponsored by Christopher Chope
Terminal Illness (Relief of Pain) Bill 2024-26
Sponsor - Edward Leigh (Con)
Voter Registration Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Peter Bone (Ind)
Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Peter Bone (Ind)
June Bank Holiday (Creation) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Peter Bone (Ind)
Voter Registration (No. 2) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Peter Bone (Ind)
General Election (Leaders’ Debate) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Peter Bone (Ind)
Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Philip Davies (Con)
Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Act 2018
Sponsor - Maria Caulfield (Con)
Business of the House Commission Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Peter Bone (Ind)
Latest 50 Written Questions
(View all written questions)1 Other Department Questions
There are two dedicated electrical vehicle charging points in the underground car park. This is supplemented by 12 key controlled socket outlets that provide trickle charging. Owners with certified and PAT tested chargers can request a key to use the sockets for trickle charging. There are no fast chargers.
The New Palace Yard Underground Car Park Project is exploring the installation of new charging points. Users of these charging points would be expected to pay for the service. Currently charging is free at the point of use. No estimate has been made of the cost as consumption from these points is not measured separately.
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
A response to the Hon. Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 24 January is attached.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
3 Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Questions
(View all Christopher Chope's DESNZ questions)The UK was the first country to set legally binding carbon budgets and the first major economy to establish a net zero target in law. The Impact Assessment of the Sixth Carbon Budget included a cost-benefit analysis which showed the economic costs and benefits of net zero. Without the shift to renewable energy, we will continue to be exposed to volatile fossil fuel markets and the cost of living crises households had to live through in the last Parliament. The UK has a vital role to play - nearly half of annual global emissions come from countries producing 3% or less of the global total, and our domestic leadership is essential to persuade others to act and protect future generations from climate breakdown.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
At COP29, the Prime Minister announced the UK’s ambitious and credible NDC target to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions by at least 81% by 2035, compared to 1990 levels, excluding international aviation and shipping emissions.
This is an ambitious, economy-wide emission reduction target, covering all greenhouse gases, sectors and categories and aligned with limiting global warming to 1.5 °C, as set out in the Global Stocktake, agreed at COP28. It aligns with the recommendation of the independent Climate Change Committee published on 26 October and is consistent with the effort required to deliver our ambitious Carbon Budget 6 (2033-2037). More details on delivery will follow in our cross-economy plan to meet carbon budgets, to be published in due course.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero have commissioned RSM UK Consulting in consortium with Winning Moves to evaluate the Warm Home Discount Scheme. Further information is available on: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
1 Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Questions
(View all Christopher Chope's DCMS questions)DCMS does not have a role in setting Allwyn Entertainment Limited’s policy on data publication.
The responsibility for regulation of the National Lottery operator rests solely with the Gambling Commission, as set out in the National Lottery Act 1993.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
This is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked its Chief Executive, Jennifer Coupland, to write to the hon. Member for Christchurch, and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The government will provide funding to the public sector to support them with the additional costs associated with changes to Employers National Insurance Contributions policy.
This funding will be additional to the £2.3 billion increase to core school budgets announced at the Autumn Budget 2024. Due to timing constraints, this compensation will need to be provided as a separate grant, alongside the national funding formula (NFF), in 2025/26. Schools will continue to have autonomy over their spending and will be able to use any future grant funding to cover all cost increases, including food costs.
The department currently allocates a meal rate of £2.53 per child per meal for the 2024/2025 academic year to support the delivery of universal infant free school meals and further education free meals. Final funding rates for the 2024/2025 academic year will be confirmed in due course. Further to this, we fund benefits-related free school meals (FSM) at £490 per eligible pupil annually through the FSM factor of the NFF for schools. In total, we spend £1.5 billion across these programmes.
This funding is intended to cover the broad costs of meal provision. However, schools have considerable autonomy over delivery of FSM, including entering into contracts with suppliers and allocation of funding within their budgets.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, will not make it her policy to reject the application by Reach South Academy Trust to close Parkfield School.
Upon reviewing officials’ advice around this school closing, the department agrees that closing the school is in the best interests of children and young people and their education in this case.
Parkfield School will be closing by mutual agreement with the Academy trust.
Minister of State (Education)
1 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions
(View all Christopher Chope's Defra questions)The closure of the footpath in this location is because there are breaches in the banks of the Hampshire Avon along Winkton Common upstream of Christchurch. These breaches have worsened over the last 6 months because of the exceptionally high-water levels in the river.
The Environment Agency (EA) is working with the Meyrick Estate, South West Water (SWW), Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP) and Natural England (NE) to understand and mitigate the long-term implications. We are jointly exploring potentially significant environmental benefits in the form of new wetland habitat, but there are a number of important considerations, such as assets owned by SWW which run across the common.
While the EA is neither responsible nor funded to maintain the banks of the river in this location, we are supporting Natural England in their work with the Meyrick Estate to identify a long-term alternative route for the footpath. NE have worked with the Meyrick Estate on a Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier application which will include a review of public access in this area and aim to identify a new sustainable route for the footpath.
We recognise that the situation is frustrating for those who want to access the Avon Valley footpath, but changes in river levels associated with climate change do mean that the historic route is likely to be unsustainable.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Blue Badge scheme is administered, funded and operated at local level by individual local authorities. There are no timescales set for administering applications other than a suggested guideline that issuing authorities should aim to complete end to end applications within 12 weeks.
In England local authorities are legally entitled to charge a fee of up to £10 for each badge issued which allows them to recover some of the costs involved in administering the scheme. The Department has no plans to amend legislation.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department received 13 applications from local authorities, requesting geographic and fleet size changes to their e-scooter trials. All 13 applications were approved as of 8 October 2024.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Local highway authorities are responsible for maintaining the highway. This includes the removal of graffiti from publicly owned highway assets, such as bridges, traffic signs, and street furniture, as well as council-owned and other public buildings. The Department has no plans to extend this requirement to privately owned structures adjacent to the highway.
However, we do expect private owners of structures to act to remove offensive graffiti. If graffiti or flyposting is on private property, councils can issue a Defacement Removal Notice to the property owner, which requires them to remove the graffiti within 28 days.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department for Work and Pensions uses internal management information on finalised applications to oversee performance against our aspiration to process applications in 25 days.
The Access to Work scheme continues to be in high demand, and we are considering options for how to improve waiting times for customers.
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
We are unable to provide information with regards to the number of applications for Access to Work which have been outstanding for more than two months because this information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.
With regards to what steps we have taken to reduce waiting times, we have streamlined delivery practices and have increased the number of staff processing claims. We also prioritise customers starting a job within four weeks. We have taken steps to modernise Access to Work to improve the customer experience. From April 2024, all core parts of the Scheme have been fully digital, with customers able to apply and make payment requests online.
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Since taking over administration of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme on 1 November 2021, all decisions taken by the NHS Business Services Authority that have been appealed to tribunal have been upheld.
Decisions in first tier tribunals do not set a precedent for other cases. All claims to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme are assessed on a case-by-case basis, using the latest available medical evidence. Medical assessors will consider the claim form, medical records from the vaccinated person’s healthcare providers, clinical research, epidemiological evidence, and the current consensus of expert medical opinion.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The estimated total averted hospitalisations, severe hospitalisations, and deaths for the spring and autumn 2023 boosters were:
- 1,654 hospitalisations, 108 severe, and 508 deaths for the spring 2023 booster program in those aged 75 years old and over; and
- 7,054 hospitalisations, 473 severe, and 1,862 deaths for the autumn 2023 booster program in those aged 65 years old and over.
This can be found in the COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report week 29, which is available at the following link:
In total, an estimated 14,400 hospitalisations were averted in adults aged 50 years old and older in England as a result of the vaccination from the autumn 2022 COVID-19 vaccine booster programme. This information is in the COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report week 41, which is available at the following link:
These are a direct effect calculation and do not include any additional cases prevented from herd immunity. They also do not include cases averted where COVID-19 exacerbated a non-respiratory condition that led to hospitalisation.
In total, an estimated 18,600 hospitalisations, based on cases reported through the Sari-Watch surveillance scheme, were averted in adults aged 50 years old and older in England as a result of vaccination from the autumn 2021 COVID-19 vaccine booster programme. Further information can be found on the GOV.UK website, at the following link:
This was also a direct effect calculation method.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Government cannot comment on the terms on which COVID-19 vaccinations were procured, which are confidential.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Ministers met with representatives from Vaccine Injured and Bereaved UK on 11 September 2024. The group highlighted the issues facing those who have suffered serious adverse effects following COVID-19 vaccination, and raised concerns around the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme. Ministers agreed to look at the issues raised.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) publishes provisional monthly data on flu vaccine uptake in eligible patient groups, which is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/vaccine-uptake#seasonal-flu-vaccine-uptake:-figures.
The following table shows data from general practice (GP) patients covering vaccination up to 31 December in each year since 2021/22, expressed as a percentage:
Patient group | 2024/25 (%) | 2023/24 (%) | 2022/23 (%) | 2021/22 (%) |
65 years old and over | N/A | 77.0 | 78.4 | 81.5 |
At risk | N/A | 40.3 | 46.3 | 49.3 |
Pregnant women | N/A | 30.9 | 33.2 | 37.3 |
Children aged two years old | N/A | 41.0 | 39.8 | 46.6 |
Children aged three years old | N/A | 41.3 | 42.2 | 49.1 |
Source: UKHSA
Note: The monthly data for the corresponding period in the 2024/25 season will be published on 30 January 2025.
The following table shows data for school aged children and frontline health care workers covering vaccination up to 31 December in each year since 2021/22, expressed as a percentage:
Cohort | 2024/25 (%) | 2023/24 (%) | 2022/23 (%) | 2021/22 (%) |
Primary school (Reception to year six) | N/A | 53.8 | 55.5 | 52.9 |
Secondary school (eligible year groups varied by season) | N/A | 41.2 (Year six to 11) | 10.3 (Year six to nine) | 37.8 (Year seven to 11) |
All school age children | N/A | 48.4 | 38.3 | 46.7 |
Frontline health care workers | N/A | 41.0 | 46.7 | 58.8 |
Source: UKHSA
The evidential basis refers to page four of the COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report: Week 38, published by Public Health England on 23 September 2021. The report is available at the following link:
The report assessed the impact of the vaccination programme on the population by taking into account vaccine coverage, evidence on vaccine effectiveness, and the latest COVID-19 disease surveillance indicators. These figures were, at the time of the report, the latest estimates on the impact of the COVID-19 vaccination programme on mortality.
As of 17 January 2025, 3,714 claims and 201 mandatory reversal claims have been outstanding for more than six months. Of those, 1,041 claims and 82 mandatory reversals have been outstanding for more than 12 months, and of those, 517 claims and 32 mandatory reversals have been outstanding for more than 18 months.
As of 3 January 2025, the NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) had received 183 assessed claims to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) relating to COVID-19 for vaccine-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis. These 183 claims reflect 1.9% of the total number of claims which have undergone a completed medical assessment. Of these 183 claims, 92, or 50.3%, have been successful. The NHS BSA also received 224 assessed claims to the VDPS relating to COVID-19 for Guillain-Barré syndrome. These 224 claims reflect 2.3% of the total number of claims which have undergone a completed medical assessment. Of these 224 claims, 63, or 28.1%, have been successful. Finally, the NHS BSA also received 9,480 assessed claims to the VDPS relating to COVID-19 for other conditions. These 9,480 claims reflect 95.9% of the total number of claims which have undergone a completed medical assessment. Of these 9,480 claims, 199, or 2.1%, have been successful.
These figures reflect conditions which have been identified from the medical records of claimants. Claims may relate to a combination of these conditions and other conditions from the medical records of claimants.
Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is one of many viruses within the United Kingdom that cause illness each winter. It has been in circulation for many decades. Most people have been infected by the age of five and reinfection occurs throughout life.
The UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) monitors activity and publishes data every week through the winter period. UKHSA’s long-term surveillance of hMPV in England, through systems covering general practice surgeries and hospital laboratories, indicates that hMPV levels in winter 2024-25 are in line with what we would expect to see at this time of year.
UKHSA has issued general public advice on prevention of transmission of respiratory viruses, this includes the importance of good hand hygiene, catching coughs with tissues, and avoiding vulnerable people while symptomatic. These measures would be expected to reduce transmission of hMPV.
It is very unlikely that young people will switch from vaping to smoking, as the generational ban on tobacco sales will make it illegal for children born on or after 1 January 2009 to ever legally be sold cigarettes or other tobacco products.
Our modelling shows that smoking rates in England for 14 to 30-year-olds could be close to 0% as early as 2050. More information on the modelling and impact from raising the legal age of sale for tobacco products can be seen in the published impact assessment, which is available at the following link:
Alongside the generational ban, we have announced strong measures through the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to bring about definitive and positive change to stop future generations from becoming hooked on nicotine, whether that is through cigarettes, vapes, or other nicotine products.
The bill will stop vapes from being deliberately branded and advertised to children, by providing regulatory making powers to restrict flavours, packaging, and changing how and where they are displayed in shops.
Smoking is still the biggest killer. It claims approximately 80,000 lives a year and puts huge pressure on our National Health Service, and costs taxpayers billions. By creating the first smoke-free generation we are stopping people from ever starting smoking. Our published modelling shows that smoking rates in England for 14 to 30-year-olds could be close to 0% as early as 2050, from an estimated 11.2% in 2023.
Evidence shows that when we have introduced targeted tobacco control measures, they have had a positive impact on tackling the problems of illicit tobacco. Consumption of illicit cigarettes has gone from 15 billion cigarettes in 2000/2001 to 1.5 billion cigarettes in 2022/2023.
In 2007, the legal age of sale for tobacco products was raised from 16 to 18 years old, which helped reduce youth smoking rates in children aged 11 to 15 years old from 9% in 2005, to less than 1.1% in 2021. This age increase created 1.3 million more people who were no longer able to be sold cigarettes, and who in theory would be in the market for illicit cigarettes. However, in practice the number of illicit cigarettes consumed fell by 25%, from 10 billion in 2005/06 to 7.5 billion in 2007/08.
The Government is investing over £100 million over five years to boost HM Revenue and Customs and Border Force’s enforcement capability to tackle illicit tobacco, supporting their Illicit Tobacco Strategy. In 2025/26 we will invest £30 million of new funding in total for enforcement agencies, including Trading Standards.
Statutory guidance and assurance regimes are in place in respect of NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) so that people are assessed and receive care in a timely way. NHS CHC guidance sets the expectation that the overall assessment and eligibility decision-making process should, in most cases, not exceed 28 calendar days from when the integrated care board (ICB) receives a positive NHS CHC Checklist, or other notice of potential eligibility, to the eligibility decision being made. To support this, NHS England’s assurance standard requires ICBs to ensure that in more than 80% of referrals for standard NHS CHC, the eligibility decision should be made within 28 days of this notification.
An individual should not be left without appropriate support while they await the outcome of the NHS CHC assessment and decision-making process. Redress is not available to applicants whose applications have not been decided within twelve months. If, however, an individual is unhappy with how their application has been handled, they can make a complaint to the relevant ICB. If an individual remains dissatisfied with the ICB’s response, they can make a complaint to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
As of 22 November 2024, the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) has received 17,379 claims related to COVID-19 vaccinations. Of these, 194 claims have resulted in a payment being awarded, 9,196 have been rejected, 7,173 are awaiting resolution, and 816 were found to be invalid due to either being outside the scope of the VDPS or for being a duplicate claim. Of the 9,196 rejected claims, 416 were rejected for not meeting the 60% disability threshold.
All batches of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines released in the United Kingdom to date have passed their release specifications for DNA levels. The specifications are set in line with their respective controlled manufacturing process and in accordance with, for example, World Health Organization guidance on the quality, safety, and efficacy of vaccines. No batches that have excessive levels of residual DNA have been released.
In the very rare event where an individual may have suffered a severe adverse reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine, care and support will be best met and managed by local National Health Service specialist services, augmented as appropriate by national specialist advice. Individuals would be treated and managed through existing healthcare services, for example by seeing their general practitioner, who may refer them to a relevant specialist if necessary.
Records are not available to enable us to explain why only hypothyroidism is listed.
The list of specified medical conditions that provide exemption from prescription charges was agreed in discussion with the British Medical Association in 1968. Decisions on which conditions to include were reflective of medical knowledge and practice at the time. The only addition to the list since then has been the treatment of cancer in 2009.
However, whilst it is the case that most patients with hypothyroidism, also known as an underactive thyroid, will require life-long synthetic hormone replacement with a medication called levothyroxine, patients with hyperthyroidism, also known as an overactive thyroid, do not necessarily require medication, as this condition can sometimes be managed surgically, or with radioactive iodine therapy.
While the Government’s policy remains that there are no current plans to review the list of medical conditions that entitle someone to apply for a medical exemption certificate, there are extensive arrangements currently in place in England to ensure that prescriptions are affordable for everyone. Further information is available at the following link:
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was first deployed in England in January 2021. Having reached the end of the supply agreement with the Government, the vaccine has not been used in the United Kingdom’s COVID-19 vaccination programme since 2022. Since September 2021, in line with advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, the vaccines deployed in the national programme have primarily been mRNA vaccines that were considered to provide a strong booster response.
No modifications or line extensions to the original vaccines have been introduced to reduce side effects.
It would not be appropriate for the Government to comment on individual claims or cases whilst there is ongoing litigation. It is right that such matters follow the appropriate legal process, which can take time. There are, however, currently no plans to launch a consultation on increasing the limitation period for court claims relating to COVID-19 vaccines.
Whilst there are currently no plans to meet with Professor Adam Finn, the Government continues to listen carefully to the concerns raised about the Vaccine Damages Payment Scheme. As part of this consideration, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care met recently with Vaccine Injured and Bereaved UK, and other representatives of those who have suffered harm.
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care met with the families of those who have suffered serious side effects from the Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine on 11 September 2024. The families raised the need for the reform of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, and they requested a compensation scheme for those affected. My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care listened to their concerns and agreed that the Government will look closely at this, as it continues to learn and apply the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We expect that individuals whose claims to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) have been rejected on the basis that they do not meet the 60% disability threshold would receive the same level of treatment and care from the National Health Service as those with any other long-term condition requiring support.
The VDPS is not a compensation scheme. It does not prejudice the right of the disabled person to pursue a claim for damages through the courts. Other Government support remains open to claimants with a disability or long-term health condition, including Statutory Sick Pay, Universal Credit, Employment and Support Allowance, Attendance Allowance, and Personal Independence Payments.
The most common side effects observed with COVID-19 vaccines are pain and swelling at the injection site, tiredness, headaches, muscle and joint pain, chills, fever, and diarrhoea. These side effects are similar to those seen with other vaccines and are usually mild or moderate, and get better within a few days after vaccination. A full list of side effects is presented in the Patient Information Leaflet for each vaccine. Modifications or line extensions to the original vaccines, specifically to reduce these side effects, have not been introduced.
The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency may authorise a line extension, which is a new product authorisation linked to the original marketing authorisation. Various versions of the COVID-19 vaccines have been approved as line extensions to the original vaccines since the first COVID-19 vaccines were approved in December 2020. Variations may be requested to add an indication, dosage form, strength or pack size, which will make the vaccine available for a wider patient pool, whilst maintaining effectiveness and an acceptable safety level. For example, Pfizer, in late 2021, made an application to extend the indication of their vaccines to children between five and 11 years old in a smaller 10 micrograms per dose, and later, via the European Commission Decision Reliance Procedure, a new three micrograms per dose in infants and children between aged six months and four years old. New versions of the vaccine have also been introduced to adapt the vaccines to the new strains of the virus.
The Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency uses both observed and expected analysis in their assessment of safety signals for COVID-19 vaccines. Data obtained from the spontaneous Yellow Card reporting system, through which patients, public and healthcare professionals can report any incident associated with a medical product, was used to calculate ‘Observed’ figures. Estimated ‘Expected’ figures for pre-determined events were based on the total number of patients who had received the vaccine and the background rate of the event within a pre-pandemic period, using large electronic healthcare record databases. It should be recognised that the purpose of observed versus expected analyses is not to confirm the presence, absence, or magnitude of risks but to provide an alternative approach to rapid signal detection, in addition to disproportionality approaches, to maximise the value of spontaneous reports.
The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination programme for adults turning 75 years old began on 1 September 2024 in England, alongside a one-off catch-up programme to rapidly vaccinate all those already aged 75 to 79 years old. Older adults will remain eligible until the day before their 80th birthday, except for people who turn 80 years old in the first year, who have until 31 August 2025 to get vaccinated.
When a new vaccination programme is introduced, the Government must make difficult decisions on who to offer the vaccine to. These decisions are based on advice the Department receives from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which includes evidence of the impact a vaccination has in different groups, as well as the capacity of the system to deliver the programme alongside all other healthcare priorities.
The structure of an immunisation programme is dynamic and the JCVI will continue to review the data available on who should be offered an RSV immunisation. It was noted in the JCVI’s advice from June 2023 that ‘an extension to the initial programme would be considered when there is more certainty about protection in the very elderly and the real-world impact of the programme in the 75- to 80-year-olds’. The JCVI’s statement on the introduction of an RSV vaccination programme is available at the following link:
The UK National Screening Committee reviewed screening young people for sudden cardiac death in 2019. They found there was insufficient evidence to support the introduction of whole population screening in the United Kingdom. However, this issue is kept under review.
The review found that there continued to be uncertainty regarding the number of people affected, that there is not a good predictive test, and that there is no agreement about who to treat and how people should be treated. There are currently no plans to talk with the Italian Minister of Health on the matter of sudden cardiac death.
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the commissioning of palliative and end of life care services, to meet the needs of their local populations. The hospice sector is an important part of the range of providers and services needed.2023/24 was the final year of the Children’s Hospice Grant, which commenced in 2007. In 2024/25, however, NHS England provided an additional £25 million of funding for children and young people’s hospices, maintaining the level of grant funding from 2023/24. This funding was distributed, for the first time, via ICBs, in line with National Health Service devolution. The Department does not hold data on how much funding each ICB has provided to children’s hospices and other hospices over 2024/25.
To support ICBs in their duty to commission palliative and end of life care services, NHS England has published statutory guidance, as well as service specifications for adults, and children and young people, all of which are available, respectively, at the following three links:
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
In the Prime Minister’s written ministerial statement to Parliament, he said that ensuring that the United Kingdom is prepared for a future pandemic is a “top priority” for his government and that the Government is determined to learn the lessons from this Inquiry.
Further to this, on the 19 July, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster made an oral statement in the House of Commons in response to the Module 1 report where he said “this government’s first responsibility is to keep the public safe. We cannot rebuild our national resilience overnight. But we will learn the lessons from this Inquiry – from this Module and every Module that follows”.
The issue of Covid-19 vaccines will be discussed in Module 4 of the Covid-19 Inquiry, where the hearings are planned to start from 14 January 2025 to 30 January 2025.
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the commissioning of palliative and end of life care services, to meet the needs of their local populations. The hospice sector is an important part of the range of providers and services needed.2023/24 was the final year of the Children’s Hospice Grant, which commenced in 2007. In 2024/25, however, NHS England provided an additional £25 million of funding for children and young people’s hospices, maintaining the level of grant funding from 2023/24. This funding was distributed, for the first time, via ICBs, in line with National Health Service devolution. The Department does not hold data on how much funding each ICB has provided to children’s hospices and other hospices over 2024/25.
To support ICBs in their duty to commission palliative and end of life care services, NHS England has published statutory guidance, as well as service specifications for adults, and children and young people, all of which are available, respectively, at the following three links:
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Insurers make commercial decisions about pricing and the terms of cover they offer based on their assessment of the relevant risks. This is usually informed by the insurer’s claims experience and other industry-wide statistics. The respective capabilities of insurers to assess risk is a key element on which they compete, and the Government does not intend to intervene in these commercial decisions, as this could damage competition in the market. This competition is important and should lead to better products and lower prices for consumers overall.
Price is an important factor on which insurers compete to win customers, and that competition should push insurers to continuously improve their assessment of risks in order to lower prices and create better products for consumers. The Government intervening in insurance markets could damage that competition and, therefore, we do not generally intervene in the commercial pricing decisions of insurers.
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
There has been no formal review of the potential risk of people with partial trisomy experiencing heart complications following an mRNA vaccine, although the safety of vaccines is continually monitored by the independent Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The MHRA conducted detailed analysis of all Yellow Card reports of heart inflammation, specifically myocarditis and pericarditis, which occurred following an mRNA vaccine. Details of these analyses were published weekly in the MHRA’s Coronavirus Vaccine - Summary of Yellow Card Reporting, which is available at the following link:
These analyses did not identify a specific safety concern in relation to patients with congenital conditions, such as trisomy, who received an mRNA vaccine.
In relation to the judgement of the Hon. Mr Justice Hayden, there are currently no plans to communicate the decision from this specific case to all healthcare professionals. As with all vaccines, should any information indicate a possible new safety concern, the system is well placed to rapidly and thoroughly investigate this, with advice for healthcare professionals and patients updated where appropriate.
As of 1 July 2024, the NHS Business Services Authority had received 14,088 claims to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) relating to COVID-19. Following medical assessment, 6,850 claims, or 48.6% of the total number of claims, had received an initial outcome, with 181 claims, or 1.3%, being successful and 6,062 claims, 45.1%, being unsuccessful. A further 607 claims, or 4.3%, were found invalid, due to being either outside the scope of the VDPS or a duplicate claim. Of the 6,062 unsuccessful claims, 360 claims, or 2.6%, were rejected on the grounds that the 60% disability threshold had not been reached.
The Equitable Life Payment Scheme has been fully wound down and closed since 2016 and there are no plans to reopen any decisions relating to the Payment Scheme or review the £1.5 billion funding allocation previously made to it. Further guidance on the status of the Payment Scheme after closure is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equitable-life-payment-scheme#closure-of-the-scheme.