division_name: Opposition Day &#8212; [8th allotted day] &#8212; Junior Doctors&#8217; Contracts
motion: <p class="" pid="a.419.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="a.419.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House notes the stalled discussions between Government and the British Medical Association (BMA) about a new junior doctors&#8217; contract; opposes the removal of financial penalties from hospitals which protect staff from working excessive hours; urges the Government to guarantee that no junior doctor will have their pay cut as a result of a new contract; and calls upon the Government to withdraw the threat of contract imposition, put forward proposals which are safe for patients and fair for junior doctors and return to negotiations with the BMA.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="a.426.0/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from &#8220;House&#8221; to the end of the Question and add:</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="a.426.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;welcomes the Government&#8217;s commitment to delivering seven-day hospital services and saving lives by combating the weekend effect; notes the British Medical Association&#8217;s (BMA) decision to walk away from negotiations to reform a contract which all sides acknowledge is not fit for purpose; further notes the Government&#8217;s proposed introduction of new contractual limits which protect staff from working unsafe hours and the commitment that average junior doctors&#8217; pay will not fall; and calls on the BMA to put patient care first, to choose talks over strikes, and to return to negotiations.&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.463.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">Main Question put accordingly (<phrase class="standing-order" code="31(2)" pwmotiontext="yes">Standing Order No. 31(2)</phrase>), That the original words stand part of the Question.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.463.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="a.463.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 260, Noes 301.</p>