Baroness Maclean of Redditch
House of Lords
ConservativeOverall, across health & social care this Parliament
Get a doctor in here!
Ranks 671st of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 53%. 11 contributions since 2025-09-10.
Record by topic
- Mental health286th of 86912.0
- Learning disability & autism436th of 96710.0
- Palliative & end of life care231st of 5736.0
- Dementia206th of 2452.0
- Care home closures & provider failure37th of 452.0
- Public health & prevention613th of 7342.0
- Adult social care & reform300th of 3622.0
What they’ve said
“…The growth, as has been said, is particularly striking among younger people claiming on mental health grounds. We have a social security and welfare system that is increasingly being asked to compensate for not just severe disability, which we all agree it should do, but a large and growing number of mental health cond…”
Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 · 2026-07-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Why do we have so many young people, in particular, in this system? Why are we diagnosing them with these mental health conditions that mean they are receiving welfare, PIP and other benefits? Why are we allowing this welfare system to reinforce itself and reinforce a life on benefits for some of these people? I suppor…”
Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 · 2026-07-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Something has gone wrong when more than one in five adults in England now live with a common mental health condition such as anxiety and depression, with diagnoses of ADHD and autism also climbing steeply; among young people, it is one in four.”
Mental Health Conditions: Diagnoses · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗