Health Bill: stages, votes and documents
The Health Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 14 May 2026. Its latest stage in the Bills API is Committee stage in the House of Lords. MPs divided on it 6 times between 7 September 2026 and 8 September 2026; the narrowest margin was 135 (Report Stage: Amendment 1).
Stages taken place
13
Commons divisions
6
Documents listed
25
Latest stage
Committee stage
What the bill is for
The long title reads:
A Bill to make provision about health and social care.
Sponsors
- Wes Streeting (Labour, Commons), Department of Health and Social Care
- Baroness Merron (Labour, Lords), Department of Health and Social Care
Stages
| Stage | House | Sittings |
|---|---|---|
| 1st reading | Commons | 14 May 2026 |
| 2nd reading | Commons | 1 June 2026 |
| Programme motion | Commons | 1 June 2026 |
| Money resolution | Commons | 1 June 2026 |
| Ways and Means resolution | Commons | 1 June 2026 |
| Committee stage | Commons | 16 June 2026, 18 June 2026, 23 June 2026, 25 June 2026, 30 June 2026, 2 July 2026, 7 July 2026, 9 July 2026, 16 July 2026 |
| Programme motion | Commons | 7 September 2026 |
| Report stage | Commons | 7 September 2026, 8 September 2026 |
| Ways and Means resolution | Commons | 8 September 2026 |
| 3rd reading | Commons | 8 September 2026 |
| 1st reading | Lords | 9 September 2026 |
| 2nd reading | Lords | 13 October 2026 |
| Committee stage | Lords | 28 October 2026, 3 November 2026, 9 November 2026, 11 November 2026, 17 November 2026, 23 November 2026, 25 November 2026 |
Commons divisions on this bill
| Date | Division | Ayes | Noes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 | 77 | 317 |
| 7 September 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 | 170 | 316 |
| 8 September 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 | 79 | 300 |
| 8 September 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 | 108 | 357 |
| 8 September 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 | 106 | 302 |
| 8 September 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 | 162 | 297 |
Documents
Bill
- Bill 009 2026-27 (as introduced) - pdf 14 May 2026
- Bill 009 2026-27 (as introduced) - html 14 May 2026
- Bill 131 2026-27 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) – pdf 16 July 2026
- Bill 131 2026-27 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) – html 16 July 2026
- 5902052.pdf · 5902052.html · 5902052.xml 9 September 2026
Explanatory Notes
- Bill 009 EN 2026-27 - pdf 14 May 2026
- HL Bill 52 Explantory Notes · 5902052en.pdf 9 September 2026
Impact Assessments
- Abolishing NHS England - 23 April 2026 14 May 2026
- Patient safety measures - 23 April 2026 14 May 2026
- structural measures to ICBs and foundation trusts - 23 April 2026 14 May 2026
- Single Patient Record and information sharing - 6 January 2026 14 May 2026
- health-bill-MHRA-reforms-combined-impact-assessments.pdf 9 September 2026
- health-bill-patient-safety-measures-impact-assessments (1).pdf 9 September 2026
- health-bill-promoting-visiting-impact-assessment.pdf 9 September 2026
- health-bill-section 75-impact-assessment.pdf 9 September 2026
- health-bill-pharmacy-appeals-process-impact-assessment.pdf 9 September 2026
- health-bill-structural-measures-to-icbs-and-foundation-trusts-impact-assessments.pdf 9 September 2026
- health-bill-medical-device-licensing-regime-impact-assessment.pdf 9 September 2026
- health bill-single-patient-record-and-information-sharing-impact-assessment.pdf 9 September 2026
- health-bill-abolishing-nhs-england-impact-assessment.pdf 9 September 2026
Delegated Powers Memorandum
- Memorandum from the Department of Health and Social Care to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee - 14 April 2026 14 May 2026
- HealthBillDPM.pdf 10 September 2026
Briefing papers
- Health Bill 2026-27 27 May 2026
- Health bill 2026-27: Progress of the bill 1 September 2026
- Health Bill: HL Bill 52 of 2026–27 7 October 2026
Official record
Sources
| Record | Read | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|
| Bills API: bill | 28 October 2026 | 7fcdf080efe99fb3… |
| Bills API: stages | 28 October 2026 | 4ec2a4ec8d1a07f6… |
| Bills API: publications | 15 October 2026 | 03b81d798edef0a3… |