Speeches

Andy Slaughter – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-04-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2016 to Question 34838, under which clauses of the National Health Service Act 2006 he exercised the range of powers used in deciding to proceed to introduce a new contract.

Ben Gummer

The Secretary of State is exercising his powers under the National Health Service Act 2006 (in particular sections 1, 1A, 1B, 1F, 1G and 2), working with NHS employers who, as they are the employers of junior doctors, are using their employment powers.