Baroness Fox of Buckley

House of Lords

Non-affiliated

Overall, across health & social care this Parliament

Alive and kicking!

Ranks 49th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 4%. 107 contributions since 2024-09-04.

Record by topic

“…There is a well-documented huge surge of allegedly debilitating mental health conditions such as depression and neurodivergence. We accept these accounts of distress uncritically, and even without medical diagnosis.”
Welfare Reforms and Youth Unemployment · 2026-06-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Instead, at least partly, state agencies, from psychiatrists to the police, seem to have interpreted the Mental Health Act that we passed here as a signal to treat dangerous perpetrators as vulnerable and to avoid any action that can be labelled discriminatory or racist. The laws we pass have consequences.”
King’s Speech · 2026-05-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I can tell the House that those I know find that politicians’ enthusiasm for assisted dying—in preference to energy going into palliative care or hospices—makes them feel like a burden, and they are demoralised and dispirited.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-04-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…That is cynical misinformation and an undignified smear. So when—probably—or if any version of assisted dying legislation returns here, I hope that all sides will continue to read the small print, line by line, and that we will stop smearing each other and maybe work together on bringing through safe and workable legis…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-04-24 ·