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ISSUE 80
JUN 19-25, 2026
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Access to Palliative Care and Treatment of Children Bill [HL]

The bill’s formal description, sponsors and the full list of documents Parliament has published for it, bill text at each stage, Explanatory Notes, Impact Assessments, amendment papers, written evidence and committee reports.

Long title · Parliament’s official description

A Bill to make provision for NHS service commissioners to ensure that persons for whom they have responsibility for commissioning physical and mental health services have access to specialist and generalist palliative care and support services; to enable hospices to access pharmaceutical services on the same basis as other services commissioned by a clinical commissioning group; and to make provision for treatment of children with a life-limiting illness

Sponsors · 1

  • Baroness Finlay of LlandaffCrossbenchLife peer

Bill · 1

  • HL Bill 13 (as introduced)Lords
    9 Jan 2020

Explanatory Notes · 1

  • HL Bill 13 Explanatory NotesLords
    4 Feb 2020

Amendment Paper · 1

  • HL Bill 13(a) Amendment for CommitteeLords
    10 Feb 2020

Library Notes · 1

  • Access to Palliative Care and Treatment of Children Bill [HL]: Briefing for Lords StagesLords
    29 Jan 2020

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