Baroness Barker

House of Lords

Liberal Democrat

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Ranks 389th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 31%. 25 contributions since 2024-10-31.

Record by topic

“…is hitherto crime of attempted suicide is that it may be feared that some people may not be reached through the Mental Health Act; that there will be some who will not submit themselves to voluntary treatment, and cannot be persuaded by then medical advisers or members of their family to receive treatment.”
Crime and Policing Bill · 2026-02-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, the decision of the United States Government to end, almost without notice, funding to many multilateral programmes for HIV and AIDS has destroyed medical and scientific research networks across the world, particularly in Africa, and they cannot be rebuilt.”
AIDS · 2025-12-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I will simply reflect on the fact that, when we debate mental health legislation, we are always trying to do three things: one is to update current thinking in legislative circles on what patients want and need; the second is to try to gently confront the sometimes conservative disposition of practitioners, by pushing…”
Mental Health Bill [HL] · 2025-03-31 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…the police have said that they are not the appropriate people to be first responders when somebody is having a mental health crisis and presenting a danger either to other people or to themselves.”
Mental Health Bill [HL] · 2025-03-31 · Read on Hansard ↗