Baroness Penn

House of Lords

Conservative

Overall, across health & social care this Parliament

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Ranks 621st of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 49%. 13 contributions since 2024-11-11.

Record by topic

“…ODA to defence cannot be repeated—and meeting the growing demands of our health service and an ageing population. These pressures must, at least in part, be met from savings in spending elsewhere, but the gracious Speech contained not a single proposal for where such savings might come from.”
King’s Speech · 2026-05-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…For many years, the system for taking maternity and other parental leave was managed informally, with a period of leave agreed with the Prime Minister and cover normally provided by other Ministers within a department or a Whip stepping up.”
Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) Bill · 2026-04-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…early years strategy, there is nothing in the early years foundation stage statutory framework and there is no public health information for family hubs, health visitors or GPs, so the digital action group wrote again to the Government last week to call for real action in this area.”
Preschool Children: Digital Technology · 2025-12-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Government determine that to be: tax cuts, spending increases, driving down waiting lists, or driving up housebuilding. I hope, therefore, that the Government will return to their number one priority of growth next year, and that is something in a Budget that we can all welcome.…”
Autumn Budget 2025 · 2025-12-04 ·