Biography
Baroness Scott of Needham Market has engaged substantively on Long Covid and ME/chronic fatigue syndrome through two Lords debate speeches, drawing on personal experience to advocate for improved understanding, care and research into the condition, and has also participated in committee work on home-based working. Her contributions reflect a sustained interest in ME, welcoming the publication of a government delivery plan while highlighting that an estimated 400,000 people in the UK live with the condition, with around a quarter severely disabled.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…There have been some welcome developments recently with regard to ME. The Government’s ME/CFS delivery plan, published in July last year, was an important step. It finally recognises the needs of people with ME and has signalled a greater willingness to address an illness that has been neglected for so long.”
Record by topic
- Long Covid14th of 554.0
- Mental health744th of 8802.5
What they’ve said
“…The committee found that home-based working has mixed effects on individuals’ physical and mental health and well-being. There was an overall perception that the impact of home-based working is positive, but that is derived mostly from self-reported evidence.”
Working From Home (Home-based Working Committee Report) · 2026-06-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I have a long-standing interest in ME—chronic fatigue syndrome—having seen at first hand its awful impacts on people’s lives. It is good to be able to say something this evening, because today we saw the publication of the long-awaited delivery plan on ME. It is very welcome to see that.”
Universal Credit Bill · 2025-07-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
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