Blair McDougall

East Renfrewshire

Labour

Overall, across health & social care this Parliament

Get a doctor in here!

Ranks 597th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 47%. 9 contributions since 2024-10-10.

Record by topic

“The hon. Member makes a really important point about staff retention. Obviously, management and the workforce are working on implementing not only reforms but the pay deal. Hopefully, that will play an important role in helping to tackle what he has just spoken about.”
Postal Services: Rural Areas · 2026-02-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision to remove Crown immunity as it applies to prisons for the purposes of health and safety legislation. Katie Allen lived in Clarkston in East Renfrewshire. She had a loving family and a very happy childhood. She was bright and did well at school.”
Crown Immunity (Prisons) · 2025-07-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We have a duty to ask whether the poorest and most vulnerable will be coerced into choosing assisted dying over palliative care because of economic disadvantage. Will they be exploited by those with a financial interest in their choosing to end their life? Will their death become a commodity? If we are really going to…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-06-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I congratulate the right hon. Member for Staffordshire Moorlands (Dame Karen Bradley) on securing the debate. However, I do not thank her for giving me that familiar feeling of dread—I am discovering that we often get it in this place—when the speaker immediately before makes almost identical points to those I had inte…”