Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
9th Meeting, 2026
The Committee considered the Bill at Stage 2.
The following amendments were agreed to (without division): 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 1, 2, 3, 22, 23, 24, 25, 88, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 107, 32, 33, 4 and 34.
The following amendments were agreed to (by division)—
89 (For 8, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
96 (For 8, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
35 (For 8, Against 0, Abstentions 2)
The following amendments were disagreed to (by division)—
64 (For 2, Against 8, Abstentions 0)
44 (For 2, Against 8, Abstentions 0)
79 (For 5, Against 5, Abstentions 0; amendment disagreed to on casting vote)
47 (For 3, Against 7, Abstentions 0)
48 (For 2, Against 8, Abstentions 0)
50 (For 0, Against 10, Abstentions 0)
97 (For 4, Against 5, Abstentions 1)
56 (For 2, Against 8, Abstentions 0)
57 (For 3, Against 7, Abstentions 0)
104 (For 4, Against 6, Abstentions 0)
59 (For 4, Against 6, Abstentions 0)
The following amendments were moved and, no member having objected, withdrawn: 75, 76, 77, 45 and 62.
Amendment 40 was pre-empted.
The following amendments were not moved: 65, 36, 37, 38, 39, 22A, 22B, 22C, 22D, 68, 69, 41, 71, 42, 43, 73, 78, 80, 81, 83, 46, 49, 84, 87, 51, 52, 90, 91, 92, 53, 54, 93, 94, 95, 55, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 106, 58, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 60, 61, 115, 117, 118, 119, 63, 120 and 121.
The following provisions were agreed to without amendment: sections 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 21 and the long title.
The following provisions were agreed to as amended: section 1, schedule 1, sections 2, 4, 5, 12, schedule 2, sections 15, 17, and 19.
The question on amendment 105 was not put in the absence of a financial resolution.
The Committee completed Stage 2 consideration of the Bill.