Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to bring forward legislative proposals related to the Law Commission's final report and draft Bill on the regulation of health and social care professionals, published in April 2014.

The Government remains committed to reforming professional regulation in line with the written ministerial statement published on 17 December 2015 (HCWS417). Following extensive stakeholder engagement over the summer we intend to consult shortly on our priorities for reform, taking account of, and moving beyond, the Law Commission’s work.