Bill · started in the Lords

Department of Health (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL]

A Bill to provide for the functions exercised by the Northern Ireland Department of Health to be exercised by the Secretary of State in the absence of a Northern Ireland Executive

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Lords)

The story so farThe Department of Health (Northern Ireland) Bill was introduced in the House of Lords on 27 January 2020 by Lord Empey (Ulster Unionist Party). It is now at second reading in the House of Lords. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Lords 27 Jan 2020
  2. 2nd reading Lords Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 5 May 2021.