Biography
Antonia Bance has engaged on eight health and social care topics through 13 debate speeches, with particular emphasis on temporary accommodation's impact on vulnerable families and NHS waiting list improvements in her constituency. She has raised concerns about funding and implementation details for the proposed assisted dying legislation, questioned welfare reforms affecting disabled young people, and advocated for fair pay agreements in adult social care to address recruitment and retention challenges.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…the hospital where their babies were born—multiple bus journeys away from the schools, early years settings and SEND specialists who were previously supporting them.…”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism253rd of 89915.0
- NHS waiting lists72nd of 53415.0
- GP access93rd of 2413.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
- Palliative & end of life care329th of 5683.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
- Mental health654th of 8803.0
- Heart disease & stroke174th of 3983.0
What they’ve said
“…talked to me about how the council had placed her two bus rides away in Walsall, and she was trying to keep her autistic son in his nursery setting, by hook or by crook, on two buses.”
Infants, Parents and Carers Bill · 2026-09-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…West Midlands Mayor to get Sandwell council and Homes England to help local people, who have been stuck on waiting lists for years, by raising the proportion of social housing in the Friar Park development to 50%?…”
Building Homes and Renewing Communities · 2026-09-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. I say to those on the Opposition Benches who are telling people already in work to go out and get a job: what are those people supposed to do? Are they supposed to send their five-year-olds out on a paper round to make the money add up when it does not? Do not talk to me about…”
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill · 2026-02-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…In my constituency, waiting lists for those waiting over a year for an operation have fallen by 45%. That is absolutely incredible, and it was achieved because of the difficult decisions that our Chancellor of the Exchequer took to put money into the NHS. I know that many people regret that decision.”
Seasonal Work · 2025-12-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…After his astonishing speech, I wanted to invite him to the Black Country, where waiting lists of more than a year are down by 45%. I think that the right hon. Member for South West Wiltshire (Dr Murrison) managed somehow to compare a speech he disagreed with to Hillsborough; that is not worthy of him, and I hope he wi…”
Budget Resolutions · 2025-12-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
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