From the committee corridor
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has successfully supported a GP member with a series of investigations that followed a patient death. The GP was eventually exonerated, but not before responding to a complaint, claim, NHS England investigation and GMC investigation over a five-year period. The MDU is encouraging healthcare professionals to get support from colleagues… Read more »
Humanists UK is celebrating the ten year anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales. Whereas the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013, it took some time to implement this change, so the Act only came into force the following year. The first same-sex marriages took place just after midnight… Read more »
The transport committee sat for a special session to cover the issue of rail strikes. Mick Whelan from the ASLEF Union and Eddie Dempsey from RMT sat to answer questions about the issue, including queries about working paid overtime, salary and working conditions. Simon Jupp, MP for East Devon asked if strike action really was… Read more »
Prime minister Boris Johnson has been grilled in liaison committee this afternoon. Standards committee chair Chris Bryant pushed Johnson particularly hard on the fallout from Chris Pincher. Bryant went on to tell the PM “you’re not going to learn any lessons and you’re not going to change”.
