Bill · started in the Commons
NHS Acute Medical and Surgical Services (Working Time Directive) Bill
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to conduct an assessment of the impact of the European Union Working Time Directive on NHS acute medical and surgical services; to require the Secretary of State to make provision to exempt NHS acute medical and surgical services from the European Union Working Time Directive in the light of that assessment if certain conditions are met; and for connected purposes.
The story so farThe NHS Acute Medical and Surgical Services (Working Time Directive) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 1 February 2011 by Charlotte Leslie (Conservative). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. 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
- 1st reading Commons 1 Feb 2011
- 2nd reading Commons Current
Source: the official bill page. Last updated 1 May 2012.