Biography
Baroness Hodgson has engaged with health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches, with particular focus on maternity and neonatal services and cancer screening. In June 2026, she drew on personal experience to speak about failures in maternity care at NHS trusts, noting systemic problems extending back decades, while in February 2025 she raised the specific issue of extending automatic breast cancer screening to women over 70. Her contributions reflect broader advocacy interests in women's health and vulnerable populations, though most of her recent parliamentary activity has centred on international development, conflict prevention, and women's rights issues.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Alton, on introducing the Bill. I respect his tireless work on this topic. States have a legal obligation to prevent atrocities, including genocide, and the Bill would ensure that the UK Government, as a signatory to the genocide convention, would be able to act quickly…”
Record by topic
- Mental health481st of 8806.0
- Public health & prevention252nd of 6886.0
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
- Children's health131st of 1572.0
- Maternity & neonatal363rd of 4382.0
What they’ve said
“…Ensuring more women in the workplace helps lift countries out of poverty. Educating girls lowers infant mortality rates and reduces early marriages, but the UK is abandoning the funding of education. It is estimated that globally, 130 million girls are out of school, four times more than boys.”
International Development Outcomes for Women and Girls · 2026-07-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It was similarly impossible to get answers, with the name of the midwife withheld and the notes disappearing, including the only photo, and no one held accountable. The damage to families from this type of behaviour is unquantifiable.”
Nottingham Maternity and Neonatal Services · 2026-06-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I pay tribute to the hereditary Peers, who gave time and expertise to this House with a true sense of public service and duty passed down over generations. They will be missed. I begin by declaring my interests. I co-chair and run the APPG on Women, Peace and Security.”
King’s Speech · 2026-05-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I declare my interests as co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security, a member of the steering board of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative and chair of the Afghan Women’s Support Forum.”
UK Development Partnership Assistance · 2026-01-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Green spaces are so important for good mental health. We are the custodians of a beautiful country, and we must preserve it. Demolishing buildings leads to further climate insult, so can we give tax breaks for repurposing buildings for housing and stop councils allowing so many buildings to be torn down? As we have alr…”
Planning and Infrastructure Bill · 2025-06-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
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