Baroness Freeman of Steventon

House of Lords

Crossbench

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Ranks 751st of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 59%. 8 contributions since 2024-10-31.

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“My Lords, as the final Back-Bench speaker in this debate, I want to speak about something that seems to be missing from His Majesty’s gracious Speech: a sense of the bigger picture and why it feels to so many as though the country “just isn’t working”.”
King’s Speech · 2026-05-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It is a matter of environmental well-being, mental health, physical health and all sorts of things that would not come under this. I strongly feel that guidance and using the existing clause as worded will not work for many of the purposes that the Government set out and wanted this clause to capture—all the derelict a…”
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill · 2026-04-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…That experience underscores Amendment 144A, which has the support of the BMA. It would make the assisted dying commissioner responsible for the provision of the personalised and balanced information that patients require when making their end-of-life decisions under the Act.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-02-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Section 24A(5)(a) because homelessness and housing security, which are known to affect physical and mental health, would not technically fall under standards of housing. Amendment 167B would add noise pollution as one of the environmental factors in new paragraph (b).”
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill · 2026-02-04 ·