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Scheduled Event - 16 Apr 2026, 3:10 p.m. - Add to calendar
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Commons - Westminster Hall debate - Westminster Hall
NHS Federated Data Platform
MP: Martin Wrigley
Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 16 Apr 2026
Neuroscience and Digital Childhoods

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Butler. I thank the hon. Member for her report from our Select Committee, which I particularly enjoy working on. I find it very useful to bring people such as the social media companies before the Committee. We had a very—shall …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 16 Apr 2026
NHS Federated Data Platform

"If the right hon. Gentleman looks at the contract, he will see that it is subscription only: deliveries under supplier software—none; deliveries under third-party software—none. Any programming written under the contract is owned by Palantir. The contract has to be adapted for any next phase so that Palantir can be …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 16 Apr 2026
NHS Federated Data Platform

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered the NHS Federated Data Platform.

We are at a key time for the NHS as it changes from analogue to digital, and data is key to achieving better health results for all our constituents, as well as to the future of …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 16 Apr 2026
NHS Federated Data Platform

"I agree with the hon. Lady entirely. The secret meeting in 2019 between Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings and Peter Thiel—the founder and chair of Palantir—that started this whole thing, for which there are no minutes, must be clarified as well.

I ask the Minister to consider using the contract …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 16 Apr 2026
NHS Federated Data Platform

"I think my hon. Friend has been reading my speech in advance. I absolutely agree with him.

I see that the outgoing NHS England chief data and analytics officer, Ming Tang, has publicly joined Palantir’s fightback, saying that the system is delivering—but having introduced Palantir and lobbied to deploy it, …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 16 Apr 2026
NHS Federated Data Platform

"I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, as do the Prime Minister and the Science and Research Minister.

Turning to the solution, the solution is wrong. There have been many attempts to unify the NHS by using a single IT system; each one has failed. In reality, we must think …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 16 Apr 2026
NHS Federated Data Platform

"I do agree. Palantir will not enable GPs, paramedics or anybody else to see hospital data. They will have to go through Palantir to see that data, and they will not be able to access patient records from the hospital to the GP or vice versa.

Like any data warehouse, …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 16 Apr 2026
NHS Federated Data Platform

"I thank the Minister for his comments. However, I do not think he has been accurately informed about the status of the contract. I have the unredacted contract with me, which says nothing about software delivery. The whole thing is based on subscription, and the intellectual property of all specially …..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
15 Apr 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context
Martin Wrigley (LD) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 52 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 254 Noes - 144