Biography
Alison Taylor has engaged with health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches, raising concerns about NHS provision in Scotland across multiple areas including maternity services, NHS workforce development, and the relationship between health service capacity and demographic trends. Her contributions have focused particularly on the state of maternity and neonatal services, linking NHS investment to wider Scottish policy concerns. These interventions reflect engagement with healthcare challenges within her constituency context.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…These are the facts: 10,000 children live in temporary accommodation in Scotland; one in six Scots is on NHS waiting lists; Scottish GDP is trailing behind the rest of the UK by nearly £3,000 per person; and the SNP Scottish Government have overseen an unacceptable fall in educational attainment.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism654th of 8993.0
- Maternity & neonatal238th of 4383.0
- NHS waiting lists323rd of 5343.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
What they’ve said
“Does my right hon. Friend agree that the state of the national health service in Scotland is contributing to the low birth rate in Scotland, and we need to invest in maternity, fertility and post-birth services for mothers?”
Devolution (Immigration) (Scotland) Bill · 2025-04-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I thank the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) for his introduction to the petition today. I have considerable sympathy with the petitioners.”
Independent Schools: VAT and Business Rates Relief · 2025-03-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Apprenticeships improve staff retention and loyalty. From an employer’s point of view, they introduce fresh talent and promote diversity in the workplace. From an employee’s point of view, apprenticeships present opportunities for some who otherwise may not have had the chance to combine on-the-job training with a degr…”
Apprenticeships · 2025-02-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
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