Biography
Alex Sobel has engaged extensively with health and social care through 21 debate speeches, raising topics including maternity and neonatal care, cancer research funding, mental health support, and health inequalities. Notable contributions include advocacy for increased brain cancer research funding, concerns about mental health support for young people unable to access gender-affirming care trials, and highlighting disparities in baby mortality rates in Leeds which he identified as the highest in the UK. His engagement has also addressed health inequalities through discussions of domestic abuse prevention in the NHS and the health impacts of cold and damp housing.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…SLAPPs delayed reporting on the Horizon Post Office scandal, maternity scandals in teaching hospitals—such as those in Oxford and in my constituency in Leeds—and the Grenfell tower tragedy.”
Record by topic
- Mental health140th of 88024.0
- Learning disability & autism307th of 89912.0
- NHS waiting lists101st of 53412.0
- Maternity & neonatal138th of 4386.0
- Cancer230th of 6226.0
- Public health & prevention252nd of 6886.0
- Health inequalities135th of 2883.0
- Dementia108th of 2513.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
What they’ve said
“My constituent Emma has long been committed to achieving justice for people with brain cancer and has been writing to me about it ever since I became an MP. She has highlighted the survival rate of 12.9%.”
Brain Cancer · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The UK’s food system, economy, water security, flood protection and public health all depend on functioning ecosystems, yet the Joint Intelligence Committee has warned that every critical ecosystem that the UK depends upon is on a pathway to collapse, posing huge risks to our security, prosperity and way of life.”
Preparedness for National Emergencies · 2026-06-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…emove arbitrary age limits, in line with international best practice? Will the Department do more to bring down waiting lists, which are more than six years for a first appointment at a young person’s gender service? Like many, I am concerned about the erasure of the trans community.”
Puberty Blockers Clinical Trial · 2026-03-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of non-recognition of Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine. Today is 1,435 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It has been nearly 12 years since Russia’s invasion of Crimea, which many would say is when the war really began.”
Ukraine: Non-recognition of Russian-occupied Territories · 2026-01-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…le to stay, but now many have gone back—after we de-mined, supported the process of reconciliation and provided mental health support and other things—and are prominent in society in Kosovo and Bosnia. I hope that in this case we can do the same, helping to support and strengthen Ukraine in the future.”
Ukraine: Non-recognition of Russian-occupied Territories · 2026-01-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
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