Baroness Coffey
House of Lords
ConservativeBaroness Coffey's full title is The Rt Hon. the Baroness Coffey DBE. Her name is Therese Anne Coffey, and she is a current member of the House of Lords. Sits on the Environment and Climate Change Committee.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 289th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 23%. 34 contributions since 2025-03-19.
What they’ve raised
Baroness Coffey has engaged extensively with health and social care policy through 34 debate speeches, with particular focus on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, on which she has tabled numerous amendments addressing concerns around decision-making processes, the application to Wales, safeguards against coercion, and definitional clarity. She has also raised questions on children's mental health services and spoken to issues including rare cancers, diabetes as a terminal condition, and the medical workforce pipeline. Her contributions reflect detailed scrutiny of legislative proposals combined with broader interest in healthcare policy areas including cancer, mental health, and end-of-life care.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Palliative & end of life care75th of 55218.0
- Assisted dying46th of 34718.0
- Cancer171st of 61310.0
- Mental health446th of 8678.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing61st of 2956.0
- Heart disease & stroke69th of 3866.0
- Maternity & neonatal130th of 4276.0
- Public health & prevention249th of 683
What they’ve said
“There was an initiative to have a mental health first aider in every school. What further work has been done to maintain that level in the Minister’s working collaboration with the DfE and local councils?”
Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health Services · 2026-07-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I completely understand the passion of people who want assisted dying to happen in this country. A variety of amendments have been rejected when talking about pain or other things being key criteria, or about autonomy versus the risk of coercion, and I think they should come up with a better Bill.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-04-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…That contrasts significantly with Marie Curie’s figures that over 300,000 people engage with hospice care and palliative care every year. It does feel, and part of the debate we had earlier almost suggested it, that doctors should do it unless they choose not to, and I strongly believe we should do it the other way.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Committee that at no point was the Welsh Senedd invited to vote on the principle of legislating for assisted dying, because a change in criminal law would not be within its purview.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-20 ·