Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to her answer to question 28068, whether she has any plans to reinstate the role of Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocates in ICBs in England.

My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, is chairing the National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce to develop a national action plan that will reform maternity and neonatal services to deliver lasting change for women, families, and their babies.

The taskforce is currently considering a wide range of evidence and proposals to inform the development of the action plan, including the role of independent advocates.