Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 58193
Emergency Calls
Tabled: 9 June 2025
Answered: 16 June 2025
Question
Yasmin Qureshi
Labour — Bolton South and Walkden
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.
Answer
Alex Davies-JonesThe 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 ...
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