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Health and Social Care Bill timeline
The timeline below outlines the activity relating to the Health and Social Care Bill
19th January 2011
The Health and Social Care Bill was introduced to Parliament
31st January 2011
The Second Reading of the Bill took place in the House of Commons
8th February – 31st March 2011
The House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Health and Social Care Bill met bi-weekly to consider the Bill
4th April 2011
The Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Andrew Lansley MP, announced a ‘pause’ in the passage of the Bill through Parliament
6th April 2011
The NHS Future Forum was launched
6th April – 12th June 2011
The NHS listening exercise was conducted, overseen by the NHS Future Forum
13th June 2011
The NHS Future Forum published its recommendations to the Government
14th June 2011
The Health Secretary announced changes to the Health and Social Care Bill based on the recommendations from the NHS Future Forum.
21st June 2011
The House of Commons agreed a programme motion re-committing certain clauses of the Bill to the Public Bill Committee
27th June 2011
The Government published the ‘Government response to the NHS Future Forum report: Briefing notes on amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill’
28th June – 14th July 2011
The House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Health and Social Care Bill met bi-weekly to consider the re-committed clauses of the Bill
18th August 2011
The Prime Minister announced the second phase of the NHS Listening Exercise, which will continue to be led by the NHS Future Forum
6th & 7th September 2011
The report stage of the Bill took place in the House of Commons
7th September 2011
The Third Reading of the Bill took place in the House of Commons
8th September 2011
The First Reading of the Bill took place in the House of Lords, signalling the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords
11th & 12th October 2011
The Second Reading of the Bill took place in the House of Lords
25th October 2011
The Committee Stage in the House of Lords began
17th November 2011
The NHS Future Forum published a letter to the Secretary of State for Health, detailing some interim recommendations following the second phase of the NHS listening exercise. To read the letter, please click here.
10th January 2012
The NHS Future Forum published its second set of reports in which it set out a series of recommendations to improve the quality of patient care and achieve better outcomes. To read the reports, please click here.
The Government responded to the NHS Future Forum's recommendations. To read the response, please click here.
8th February 2012
The first stage of the report stage of the Bill in the House of Lords took place. Amendments discussed covered clauses 1 - 6 of the Bill.
13th February 2012
The second stage of the report stage in the House of Lords took place. Amendments discussed covered clauses 6, 8-14 and 19 of the Bill.
27th February 2012
The third stage of the report stage in the House of Lords is scheduled to take place.
