Should all children get the meningitis vaccine?
15 March 2016
The Health Committee joins the Petitions Committee to hear from parents, Charities and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), on whether the meningitis B vaccine should be given to all children, not just new born babies.
- Watch Parliament TV: Petition on the meningitis B vaccine
- Petition: Give the Meningitis B vaccine to ALL children, not just new born babies
- Health Committee
- Petitions Committee
Witnesses
Tuesday 15 March 2016, Wilson Room, Portcullis House
At 2.20pm
- Lee Booth (petition creator)
- Jenny and Neil Burdett
- Claire Timmins and Linda Parkes
- Matt Dawson
The petition
The evidence sessions are related to an online petition which over 820,000 people have signed. The date of a Parliamentary debate on the petition is to be announced in due course.
Meningococcal B vaccination in the UK
The Health Committee has published correspondence relating to the subject of the petition from the Chair of the JCVI.
Further information
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