Biography
Baroness Pinnock has engaged extensively on health and social care through 17 debate speeches, with particular focus on NHS funding pressures, adult social care financing, and health inequalities. Her contributions have centred on the impact of business rates legislation on hospital funding and the fairness of council tax precepts for social care, alongside concerns about SEND provision and older people's housing. She has also advocated for preventive health approaches linked to housing and development policy.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Today, they will be despairing. With the stroke of a ministerial pen, all their careful planning has been consigned to the waste bin. The principle of devolution is the right one. Unfortunately, the Government have conflated devolution with local government reorganisation, and that has resulted in this sorry mess.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism369th of 89910.0
- Adult social care & reform89th of 3768.0
- NHS waiting lists202nd of 5348.0
- Public health & prevention373rd of 6884.0
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
- Elderly care & frailty166th of 2362.0
- Health inequalities245th of 2882.0
- Heart disease & stroke324th of 3982.0
What they’ve said
“…A rapid increase is desperately needed, given the numbers—over 1 million people on housing waiting lists, the increasing number of people who are homeless, and the absolute scandal of over 170,000 children living in temporary accommodation for long periods.”
Social Housing Bill [HL] · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Under the proposal in this amendment, land held in trust for the public under the Public Health Act 1875 or the Open Spaces Act 1906 could be stripped of its protected status by a simple order from the Secretary of State. This would essentially erase the general right of public enjoyment on that land for ever.”
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill · 2026-03-05 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…to view local government as simply the service delivery arm of central government—local government can deliver adult social care, children’s services, highway functions, licensing functions and so on—but it omits what is really important in local government, which makes it what it is at its very best: to provide ambit…”
Surrey (Structural Changes) Order 2026 · 2026-03-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, Amendments 208 and 231A, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Roborough, and other noble Lords, seek to remove Clause 90 and Schedule 6 from the Bill. These Benches are not supportive of these amendments.”
Planning and Infrastructure Bill · 2025-11-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It is important that, when thinking about development, health and housing, we add the idea of ill-health prevention and the social determinants of health. That is what the noble Lord, Lord Crisp, mentioned and defined, and how right he is.”
Planning and Infrastructure Bill · 2025-11-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
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