Biography
Baroness Gohir has made 14 debate speeches focusing on maternal health disparities and mental health support for minority-ethnic women and autistic individuals with learning disabilities. Her contributions repeatedly highlight gaps in perinatal mental health services, call for a Maternity Commissioner to implement existing recommendations, and raise concerns about ethnicity data collection in maternity negligence claims and access barriers for minority-ethnic communities. She has also questioned appointment methods for mental health services, particularly regarding video-only provision for patients with communication needs.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“Can the Minister share the access rates to perinatal mental health services for Black, Asian and minority-ethnic women during and after pregnancy, and what actions are being taken to help them overcome barriers that they may face? One area that needs attention, for example, is cultural attitudes towards mental health.”
Record by topic
- Maternity & neonatal38th of 43818.0
- Learning disability & autism441st of 8998.0
- Mental health456th of 8808.0
What they’ve said
“My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and declare an interest that I am the CEO of the Muslim Women’s Network, whose report recommending a maternity commissioner is cited in the Question.”
Maternity Commissioner · 2026-03-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…They started a petition several weeks ago asking the Government to appoint a maternity commissioner. That petition has now reached more than 146,000 signatories, sending a strong signal to the Government.”
Maternity Commissioner · 2026-03-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“To ask His Majesty’s Government why they have not appointed a Maternity Commissioner; and what assessment they have made of calls to appoint such a Commissioner in (1) the report by Muslim Women’s Network UK Invisible—Maternity Experiences of Muslim Women from Racialised Minority Communities, published on 12 July 2022,…”
Maternity Commissioner · 2026-03-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, the Government have launched a maternity inquiry, but we have already had lots of maternity inquiries and reports from the charity sector, such as the Muslim Women’s Network— I declare my interest as its CEO—Five X More and Birthrights, all with similar findings and recommendations.”
Maternal Mortality · 2026-01-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…These cuts are costing lives and these deaths are preventable. Reducing funding for maternity care is leading to more women dying in childbirth and pregnancy. The closure of women’s refuges is leaving women exposed to gender-based violence.”
Official Development Assistance · 2026-01-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
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