Opposition Day — Raise Additional Funds for the National Health Service — 21 Jan 2015 at 18:49

The majority of MPs voted against raising an extra £2.5 billion for the NHS from measures including a tax on properties worth over £2 million.

The motion rejected by the majority of MPs in this vote was:

• That this House
• notes comments from leading experts that the NHS is under unprecedented levels of pressure and that this is putting patient care at risk;
• further notes that attendances at hospital A&E departments increased by 60,000 in the last four years of the previous Government and 600,000 in the first four years of the current Government;
• believes that this is linked to decisions taken by this Government, including cuts to adult social care, the abolition of NHS Direct, the closure of almost one in four walk-in centres and removing the GP access guarantee; and
• calls on the Government to match the Labour Party’s plans to raise an extra £2.5 billion a year for the NHS, funded by measures including a tax on properties worth over £2 million, to help ease the current pressure and ensure that the NHS is fit for the future.

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