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Emergency Calls

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make purposely delaying calling emergency services during a medical emergency a crime.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
11 Jun 2025
Answer
16 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make purposely delaying calling emergency services during a medical emergency a crime.

  2. 11 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Government has no current plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make it a crime to delay calling emergency services during a medical emergency.Although no general duty applies to members of the public to act in such circumstances in England ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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