Biography
Lockhart has engaged extensively on health and social care through 29 debate speeches, with particular focus on end-of-life care, where she opposed the Terminally Ill Adults Bill citing concerns about patient-doctor trust and inadequate safeguards for vulnerable groups including those with learning disabilities. She has raised multiple other health priorities including cancer waiting times, dental access in Northern Ireland, mental health, stroke care in young people, and autism support, often drawing on constituent cases and regional health disparities to illustrate her points.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…arning difficulties, those with a history of suicidal feelings or those detained for their own safety under the Mental Health Act 1983. To give just one example, people with Down’s syndrome rely heavily on parents and carers to navigate complex decisions.”
Record by topic
- Cancer43rd of 62227.0
- Mental health159th of 88021.0
- Learning disability & autism187th of 89921.0
- Palliative & end of life care105th of 56815.0
- Assisted dying92nd of 3719.0
- Heart disease & stroke75th of 3986.0
- NHS waiting lists323rd of 5343.0
- Dentistry access100th of 1943.0
- Diabetes68th of 1903.0
What they’ve said
“…The soft language of “assisted dying” is misleading the public, because it obscures the stark and very dark reality of what is actually being proposed. We should always have the courage to call things what they are. Of course, we all want assistance when we are dying, but that is not what this Bill provides.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We should be focusing our energy and resources on strengthening palliative care services and ensuring that nobody faces their final days without proper support. My opposition to this Bill is not only practical but moral. Life is precious, and it deserves protection from its beginning to its natural end.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Similarly, in Northern Ireland only 50% of adults are registered with NHS dentists. Almost 400,000 registrations have been lost since 2023, and ultimately practices are leaving NHS dentistry because it is financially unsustainable.”
Access to Dental Services: West Sussex · 2026-06-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I apologise for intervening again, but I want to make a point about cancer patients, similar to the one made by the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton (Alison Griffiths). The teeth of cancer patients are heavily impacted by the strength of the drugs, so does the hon.”
Access to Dental Services: West Sussex · 2026-06-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Yes, and I will come to that. When oil prices increase or when instability sends shockwaves through energy markets, families in my constituency feel it immediately. Hauliers, farmers and many businesses are feeling the pressure too.”
Energy Security · 2026-05-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
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