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Childbirth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 69 of the House of Lords Preterm Birth Committee report entitled Preterm Birth: reducing risks and improving lives, HL 30, published on 14 November 2024, if his Departme

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 11 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 16 Dec 2024
Answer: 18 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

11 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 69 of the House of Lords Preterm Birth Committee report entitled Preterm Birth: reducing risks and improving lives, HL 30, published on 14 November 2024, if his Departme
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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18 Dec 2024
Answer published
We welcome the House of Lords’ Preterm Birth Committee’s report focused on reducing risks and improving lives. We thank all the individuals and organisations that gave evidence to the Inquiry, and the committee members for their detailed examination of th...

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