Biography
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle has engaged extensively on health and social care through 36 debate speeches across ten topics, with particular focus on mental health, adult social care reform, and health inequalities. Her recent contributions demonstrate engagement with broader health determinants, including a speech citing that social determinants account for up to 80% of health outcomes and noting the decline in healthy life expectancy over the past decade. She has also undertaken committee work, including on space economy engagement.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Let us see what we have learned recently about microplastic and nanoplastic pollution. Patients with lung cancer in Greece, according to a report published just this week, had 20% more microplastics in their lung fluid samples. That is from a study from the European Respiratory Society.”
Record by topic
- Public health & prevention8th of 68894.5
- Mental health28th of 88090.5
- Learning disability & autism137th of 89928.5
- Cancer76th of 62218.0
- Elderly care & frailty7th of 23614.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)10th of 14212.5
- Health inequalities44th of 28810.5
- Heart disease & stroke72nd of 3988.5
- Maternity & neonatal133rd of 4388.5
- NHS waiting lists202nd of 5348.0
- Children's health27th of 1578.0
- Unpaid carers87th of 2838.0
- Long Covid5th of 558.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing60th of 3026.5
- Palliative & end of life care213th of 5686.0
- Adult social care & reform99th of 3766.0
- Rare diseases73rd of 2024.0
- Diabetes62nd of 1904.0
- Dementia101st of 2514.0
- Assisted dying277th of 3712.0
- Dentistry access175th of 1942.0
- GP access205th of 2412.0
What they’ve said
“…I go to the UKRI to start with the basic fact that the social determinants of health determine up to 80% of health outcomes, with clinical care accounting for only 20%. We must not lose sight of this reality, particularly given that healthy life expectancy is down two years in the past decade.”
Patient Data: Research · 2026-09-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…es in which the victim recounted that the court martial process took two years, she was forced to drop out of a midwifery degree as a result, and she had to give evidence in the same room as the man she had accused, without the protections that victims would normally have in a UK court.”
Armed Forces Bill · 2026-09-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…cry from the heart from a woman, who is a mother of two children, including a 10 year-old called George, who is autistic and has ADHD. This ties to the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Foster, about the convergence of gambling practices and gaming practices.”
Young People: Gambling Harm · 2026-07-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I make a call here for realism. We have an ageing population, healthy life expectancy that has declined by two years in the past decade and one in 10 local areas where the healthy life expectancy is less than 55 years. We have a mental health crisis and a lot of focus on benefits for mental health issues.”
Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 · 2026-07-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…from the 20th century—a failed model that has caused the climate and nature emergencies, the terrible state of public health and the rampant inequality of the UK of 2026. It is ironic that this is happening while we have a new Prime Minister who says that he wants to give a greater say to communities.”
Greater Cambridge Development Corporation (Establishment) Order 2026 · 2026-07-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
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