2022 April

On Wednesday 27 April 2022 I attended a virtual meeting of the Libraries Information and Knowledge All-Party Parliamentary Group, chaired by Gill Furniss MP. Ukraine’s collections of literature, history and research are at risk from Russian rocket and bomb attacks. As well as being important for the identity of the Ukrainian people, public records and library collections are essential for national recovery post-conflict. Librarians are also playing a role in guarding against misinformation.

The House of Commons gave further consideration to Lords Amendments to the Nationality and Borders Bill on Tuesday 26 April 2022.

On Tuesday 26 April 2022, the Judicial Review and Courts Bill returned to the Commons to allow us to vote on amendments made by the Lords. 

On Tuesday 26th April 2022, the Government responded to an Urgent Question in the House to ask the Prime Minister whether he would make a statement on his recent visit to India, as would be conventional following significant visits abroad.

The Health and Care Bill puts into legislation measures in the 2019 NHS Long Term Plan and the 2021 White Paper “Integration and Innovation: working together to improve health and social care for all”. It would develop the 42 existing Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) by creating an Integrated Care Board (ICB) and an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) as statutory bodies in each ICS area. The ICB will lead on integration between NHS bodies and the ICP will focus on integration between the NHS, local government, and other providers.