Biography
Alison McGovern has engaged substantially with health and social care topics through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on palliative and end-of-life care following her recent assumption of responsibility for social care policy. She has emphasized that social care has been neglected for too long and framed it as a government priority, while also addressing mental health, learning disability provision, and the integration of health and social care services at local authority level. Her contributions reflect a ministerial role overseeing these areas, with speeches spanning end-of-life legislation, suicide prevention, supported housing regulation, and local government reorganization as it relates to adult social care delivery.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Member, but I am going to stick to that. I want to make a few comments on the matter of social care and palliative care, having recently taken over responsibility for these most important issues.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism40th of 89957.0
- Adult social care & reform8th of 37645.0
- Public health & prevention18th of 68842.0
- Unpaid carers26th of 28318.0
- Palliative & end of life care213th of 5686.0
- Health inequalities80th of 2886.0
- Mental health481st of 8806.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking41st of 1393.0
- GP access93rd of 2413.0
- Care home closures & provider failure13th of 473.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
What they’ve said
“…I really thank all colleagues across every corner of this House for doing so. The issue of assisted dying has been subject to extensive and detailed consideration over a number of years, most recently in this House and the other place in the previous Session, as well as outside Parliament.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…address the points that have been raised in the debate, particularly on procedural matters, on social care and palliative care, which I turn to now. Palliative care is extremely important and has been raised many times within the debate.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I have taken a note of all their contributions today and will relay them to the teams working on the mental health strategy. I hope that colleagues know that my door is always open to those who want to influence the forthcoming mental health strategy, particularly on this issue. I look forward to working with them all.”
World Suicide Prevention Day · 2026-09-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I worked with the hon. Lady’s predecessor at that time. If I may, I send through the hon. Lady my very best wishes and thanks to her predecessor. I thank the hon. Lady for reading those words into the debate. It was a difficult time, and her predecessor played a full part.”
Legacy of Jo Cox · 2026-06-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…y those related to finance, have arisen because of the age of our population, the burden on local government in adult social care and other things, and a suite of failing policy areas, including special educational needs and disabilities, homelessness, adult social care and children’s care, which have meant that local…”
Local Government Reform · 2026-06-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
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