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To: Members of Parliament
Will your MP support "The NHS Reinstatement Bill" when it returns to the Commons.
Not to leave London for their constituencies on Thursday 3rd November (as often happens) but to stay and attend the House of Commons on Friday, 4th November when the NHS Reinstatement Bill comes up for 2nd Reading.
Why is this important?
The Bill if enacted would effectively repeal the Health and Social Care Act 2012, once again make the Secretary of State for Health responsible to Parliament for the NHS, properly fund it from general taxation and end the rush for privatisation inherent in that Act. We can expect Conservative MPs with big majorities to side with the government, but many of them with small majorities may well abstain. Labour and SNP MPs could join forces to make sure the Bill goes forward. For Labour MPs in particular, this will show whether or not they truly want the 1948 NHS to be fully restored.
