Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the second interim bulletin published by Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch on 25 March 2021 entitled Oxygen issues during the covid-19 pandemic, what plans he has to issue guidance on the (a) role, (b) function and (c) key attendees of medical gas committees.

NHS England and NHS Improvement have already commenced work on guidance which will clarify the role, function and key attendees of medical gas committees which will be published shortly.