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Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 (Review)

The bill has been introduced. Next comes the main debate and vote on its big idea.

Official title: Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 (Review) Bill

  1. 1Introduced1st reading
  2. 2Main debate2nd reading
  3. 3Detailed checksCommittee
  4. 4ChangesReport stage
  5. 5Final vote3rd reading
  6. 6Other houseLords or Commons
  7. 7Becomes lawRoyal Assent

Next sitting: 19 Mar 2027 (2nd reading in the Commons).

Put forward by Sir Christopher Chope.

Votes so far

No Commons votes on this bill in the last 12 months.

Full timeline
DateStageHouse
22 Jun 20261st readingCommons
19 Mar 20272nd readingCommons

In the bill’s own words: A Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to review, and publish a report on, the merits of increasing the relevant statutory sum under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 for all claims since 1 January 2020 by an amount representing the amount of inflation since 2007.

Official page on Parliament’s site

Source: Parliament Bills API · Commons votes from the Commons Votes API.