Biography
Baroness Buscombe has engaged through five debate speeches spanning maternity, mental health, palliative care, and learning disability topics. She has been a consistent contributor to Mental Health Bill discussions, drawing on insights from a joint scrutiny committee inquiry to raise concerns about provisions for nominated persons for young people and the involvement of police in mental health crises. She also raised questions about rising caesarean section rates among healthy young mothers during a debate on maternal mortality.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…this something that is part of the inquiry? Are people trying to understand whether it is because those in the midwifery world are afraid that natural births lead to more deaths?…”
Record by topic
- Mental health481st of 8806.0
- Palliative & end of life care294th of 5684.0
- Learning disability & autism756th of 8992.0
- Maternity & neonatal363rd of 4382.0
What they’ve said
“…have a little more discussion on this issue? We discussed it at great length during our inquiry into the draft Mental Health Bill. To us, it is a significant point that does not appear to have been properly resolved.”
Mental Health Bill [HL] · 2025-03-31 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, perhaps I may quote from our report on the draft Mental Health Bill on this point, while agreeing 100% with both previous speakers. During our evidence sessions, we heard from a number of people who had real concerns about the issue of nominated persons for young people.”
Mental Health Bill [HL] · 2025-01-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…My solution comes from knowledge that we have gained from the world of palliative care. It is a subject matter that we covered in detail on the joint scrutiny committee, because the whole issue of the police turning up to such an incident where somebody is absolutely in crisis can, in many instances, lead only to an in…”
Mental Health Bill [HL] · 2025-01-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I feel lucky to have chaired the Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill. Everyone on the Committee apart from me had professional and practical expertise and experience and/or powerful personal experience and knowledge through friends and families.”
Mental Health Bill [HL] · 2024-11-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
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