Biography
Catherine Fookes has engaged with health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches, with particular emphasis on end-of-life care and assisted dying. She delivered personal testimony during debates on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, drawing on her father's experience with terminal illness, and advocated for amendments respecting the devolution settlement for Wales. She has also raised issues affecting carers in Wales, including the scale of unpaid care provision and concerns about carer overpayment, alongside contextual references to mental health support in rural communities.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Monmouthshire—especially in Monmouth—are still struggling, particularly with their mental health. Businesses have seen insurance costs jump, in one case from around £1,000 a year to £20,000 a year.”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying116th of 3716.0
- Mental health481st of 8806.0
- Palliative & end of life care213th of 5686.0
- Unpaid carers92nd of 2836.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
- Heart disease & stroke174th of 3983.0
What they’ve said
“…use also allows persons with learning disabilities and other protected characteristics, as well as providers of palliative care services, to contribute to the process of provisioning guidance. It is a simple but important measure that ensures the right level of ministerial oversight, and I urge colleagues to support it.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-06-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“At my recent business roundtable in Monmouthshire, I spoke to Tri-Wall, a business that exports to the EU. Instead of sending one lorryload of its goods to different countries all across the EU, it now has to send a different lorry to every country, which really increases its costs. Does my hon.”
EU Trading Relationship · 2025-04-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
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Crime Prevention · 2025-01-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“In Monmouthshire, domestic abuse victims and survivors tell me that their voices still are not heard by the police. They stress the need for those on the ground to be better trained in early intervention, which can prevent escalation and reduce violent behaviour and domestic abuse overall.”
Crime Prevention · 2025-01-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Last year, my dad’s health took a turn very much for the worse. He had sepsis, kidney failure and heart disease and had lived with Addison’s disease for almost 50 years. He was given the dreaded news that he only had a few months left to live. I would not have wished his last few weeks upon anyone.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2024-11-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
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