That the Parliament is deeply disappointed and dismayed at the decision of the UK General Medical Council (GMC) not to investigate complaints against doctors who wrongly suggest that people are mesh-free after surgery to remove mesh implants when this is not the case; understands that, in the case of one patient complainant, the reason given for this decision was that the patient had not seen the doctor for a period of five years; notes that the GMC has admitted that this five-year rule is discretionary and can be waived in appropriate cases where there is a risk to patients or public confidence and it is in the public interest to undertake an investigation; considers that in the case of women being wrongly advised that they are mesh-free after surgery to remove it fulfils the criteria by which the GMC can dis-apply the five-year rule, and therefore calls on the GMC to reverse its decision and allow such complaints to be thoroughly and independently investigated.