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2 July 2026

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The Committee’s scrutiny of clause 47 begins with proposals on firearms and veteran markers, followed by debates on digital exclusion and statutory awareness duties, highlighting competing views on patient safety, privacy, and obligations to inform the public before early amendments are withdrawn or defeated.

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Clause 47 SPR — initial amendments and patient inclusion

15:23

Amendments 12, 71 and 72 — firearms and veteran markers

15:23

Introduction of amendments and case for digital markers

15:23

Chair: introduction of amendments 12, 71 and 72

15:23

Amendment 71 — firearms licences and medical markers

15:53

Amendment 72 — veterans marker in single patient record

19:33

Firearms marker and veteran status amendments

20:47

Dr Johnson MP — questions on firearms and veteran drafting

20:47

Gregory Stafford MP — support for markers and concerns on scope

22:39

Security intervention and debate on clinician bias

26:18

Amendment 72 — benefits and privacy risks of veteran identification

29:43

Minister Smyth — response on firearms marker and veteran status amendments

32:54

Withdrawal of amendments 71 and 72; move to new amendment groups

37:41

Amendments 70 and 49 — digital exclusion, awareness duties and division

38:28

Committee debate — amendments 70 and 49 on digital exclusion and awareness

38:28

Amendment 70 — Helen Morgan MP on digital exclusion risk assessment

38:28

Dr Johnson MP — digital exclusion impacts and public awareness (amendments 70, 42, 49)

39:59

Joe Robertson MP — support for amendment 49 and targeted awareness

44:06

Gregory Stafford MP — digital exclusion risks (amendment 70)

47:40

Gregory Stafford MP — call for statutory public awareness plan (amendment 49)

51:23

Rt Hon Edward Argar MP — support for awareness campaign on SPR (amendment 49)

53:13

Minister Smyth’s reply and division on amendment 70

56:51

Minister Smyth — opposition to statutory duties; existing engagement and equality work (amendments 49 and 70)

56:51

Helen Morgan MP — offline access concerns; Minister’s reliance on NHS App framework

01:00:34

Division on amendment 70 — digital exclusion monitoring rejected

01:03:44

Access controls to the Single Patient Record — safeguards and Minister’s mandate

01:06:05

Amendment 48 — SPR internal access risks

01:06:05

Chair opens group 37; amendment 48 introduced

01:06:05

Chair — clarification on amendment 49 vote; move to group 37

01:06:05

Dr Johnson MP — amendment 48 on preventing inappropriate SPR access

01:06:27

SPR access controls — professional duties and technical safeguards

01:09:11

Sojan Joseph — professional codes, training and existing audit trails

01:09:11

Rt Hon Edward Argar MP — need for technical controls in SPR design

01:13:05

Amendment 48 — Gregory Stafford on SPR access risks

01:16:55

Gregory Stafford MP — opening remarks on unique SPR risks; fire alarm interruption

01:16:55

Gregory Stafford MP — audit logs and patient access (amendment 48)

01:58:16

Amendments 48–49 outcome and Minister’s SPR mandate

02:04:30

Amendments 48–49 — access controls and outcome

02:04:30

Joe Robertson MP — structural access risks in SPR (amendment 48)

02:04:30

Minister Smyth — access controls, audit and existing sanctions

02:06:29

Divisions on amendments 48 and 49 — both negatived

02:09:51

Clause 47 — Minister’s case for single patient record

02:12:52

Minister Smyth — clause 47 stand part case for SPR

02:12:52

Single Patient Record — clinical, data and security concerns

02:17:19

Clinical practice, data quality and cyber‑security concerns

02:17:19

Dr Johnson MP — clinical value, data accuracy and legacy records

02:17:19

Dr Johnson MP — support in principle and core design concerns

02:17:19

Dr Johnson MP — legacy data, interoperable systems and secondary uses

02:20:23

Dr Johnson MP — cyber security, commercial models and sensitive data

02:24:41

Dr Johnson MP — cyber security and private provider access

02:24:41

Dr Johnson MP — vendor lock‑in, IP and sexual health data

02:27:31

Clause 47 SPR — objectives, benefits and safeguard demands

02:30:05

Dr Danny Chambers MP — support for SPR and patient control safeguards

02:30:05

Dr Danny Chambers MP — support for SPR and data trust safeguards

02:30:05

Dr Danny Chambers MP — GP data controller role and implementation questions

02:36:06

Clause 47 SPR — policy objective and legislative approach

02:37:33

Dave Robertson MP — case for clause 47 and data potential

02:37:33

Dave Robertson MP — fragmented IT systems and role of secondary legislation

02:40:59

Clause 47 and subsequent NHS data powers

02:45:46

Clause 47 — Single Patient Record objectives and safeguards

02:45:46

Single Patient Record — interoperability, clinical benefits and local system gaps

02:45:46

Joe Robertson MP — interoperability and market constraints on SPR

02:45:46

Clinician MP — patient retelling trauma and safety case for SPR

02:53:55

Ashford constituency example — fragmented systems and interoperability challenge

02:59:39

Clause 47 — Stafford MP on SPR powers and data safeguards

03:05:25

Gregory Stafford MP — broad SPR powers, patient choice and data scope

03:05:25

Gregory Stafford MP — unresolved safeguards, geography and penalties under clause 47

03:12:14

Clause 47 — Minister Smyth’s defence of SPR framework and rejection of new clauses 7–8

03:19:24

Minister Smyth — response on new clauses 7 and 8; defence of SPR framework

03:19:24

Clauses 48–54 — NHS data systems, regulatory powers and devolved arrangements

03:28:20

Clauses 48–50 — NHS data systems and regulatory access

03:28:20

Clause 48 — pricing and supply data gateway

03:28:20

Clauses 49–50 — transfer of NHS England data functions to Secretary of State

03:30:23

Dr Johnson MP — concerns on patient interest, reporting and CQC leverage

03:35:21

Amendments 6 and 7 — CQC/NICE mandatory requests and code of practice; division

03:36:27

Clauses 51–54 — data sharing and devolved NHS arrangements

03:43:08

Clause 51 — sharing civil registration statistics with NHS trusts

03:43:08

Clauses 52–54 — devolved authorities and cross‑border NHS arrangements

03:44:33

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Health Bill

2 July 2026

Health Bill Thu, 2 Jul 2026 Actual start 13:45 House of Commons

15:23 - 15:53

Speaker 1

Order, order. We now come to group 35 and amendment 12 to clause 47 tabled by Martin Wrigley.

Does any member wish to move the amendment? No. We now come to group 35A and amendment 71 to clause 47 tabled by Helen Maguire, with which it will be, with which we will debate amendment 72. Does any member wish to move the amendment? Dr Danny Chambers.

15:53 - 16:23

Speaker 2

Thank you, Madam Chair.

This amendment is in the name of my honorable friend for Epsom and Ewell and would require medical markers for firearms license holders to be visible to all relevant health workers under the establishment of the single patient record. I won't read through the, all the speaking notes on this, but in a nutshell, someone rightly has mental health checks before acquiring a firearms license.

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