“…It is getting worse with our ageing population. We have to address the issue that we have a very small working-age population to sustain our growing elderly population. We dodge that issue. It ties into the immigration debate as well and is so often ignored.”
Record by topic
- Palliative & end of life care111th of 54013.0
- Learning disability & autism308th of 90512.0
- Elderly care & frailty13th of 24911.5
- Adult social care & reform64th of 39710.0
- Rare diseases74th of 2074.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing244th of 3142.0
- GP access209th of 2472.0
- NHS waiting lists475th of 5432.0
- Cancer520th of 6412.0
Also active on elderly care & frailty
What they’ve said
“…I add an additional point, which is that many of those who will die, sadly, of a terminal illness at a young age will have put money aside or been due a state pension had they lived to the normal end of life, and therefore the tax benefit that they get is very largely offset by the fact that they will never receive the…”
Pension Access Rules: Impact on Terminally Ill · 2026-06-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, and the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, both gave far better speeches then I could, and covered the whole area substantially. I am grateful to them, but this gives me a few moments to reply.”
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL] · 2026-06-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I am over 71, yet I had no idea until this moment that a self-referral programme was in place—and I have just had a friend in her early 70s go into surgery for breast cancer. How is this message being distributed? I fear that, if I contacted my GP, even the GP would have no idea that self-referral was available.”
Breast Cancer Screening: Women Over 70 · 2026-06-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Government’s Home Office, but to the rest of us trying to focus on the fact that we have an ageing population, when we look at the demographics, that drop in migration is a serious barrier to medium and long-term growth. Even the good news in the Spring Statement is fragile.”
Spring Forecast Statement · 2026-03-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The Federation of Small Businesses has looked at this Bill and warned of the impact on staff retention. I just wonder: does no one in the Treasury understand that an expanding small business sector is the backbone of the economy, our major source of new jobs, the underpinning of communities and the birthing ground for…”
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill · 2026-02-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
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