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Mental Capacity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his letter to the hon. Member for Dorking and Horley, dated 4 June 2025, if he will set out the legislative vehicles his Department are considering to address the identified short

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
17 Jun 2025
Answer
23 Jun 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his letter to the hon. Member for Dorking and Horley, dated 4 June 2025, if he will set out the legislative vehicles his Department are considering to address the identified short

  2. 17 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    On 4 June 2025, I wrote to Fiona Laskaris and the Hon. Member for Dorking and Horley, Chris Coghlan MP to confirm my commitment to review the full range of policy and legislative levers in relation to the practical application of mental capacity law. This...

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