Biography
Across 21 Commons debate speeches, the member has
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…address the root causes of these challenges in a holistic way, looking at everything from employment support to mental health? Can he also update the House on progress on merging PIP and universal credit incapacity benefit assessments?…”
Record by topic
- Cancer68th of 64121.0
- Learning disability & autism308th of 90512.0
- Public health & prevention128th of 70012.0
- Mental health397th of 8909.0
- Medical ethics & regulation48th of 2269.0
- A&E & ambulance response118th of 2723.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing124th of 3143.0
- Dentistry access105th of 1973.0
- Long Covid16th of 563.0
- Palliative & end of life care302nd of 5403.0
- Rare diseases81st of 2073.0
Also active on cancer
What they’ve said
“…The genetic code in those tumours is the key to solving that cancer and fighting it. At the moment, we are taking a lot of those tumours out and putting them in the bin. That is killing people.”
Brain Cancer · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…A constituent in her 70s wrote to me whose husband is in palliative care. The cost of filling her tank has gone from £320 to £750 and she just does not know what to do. She has asked what help the Government have given, and has received no help so far.”
Cost of Heating Oil · 2026-04-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I completely agree. It sends the wrong message and puts in place the wrong incentives, and that is a real problem. Ministers will have seen the analysis produced by the Office for Budget Responsibility in response to the former Lib Dem Pensions Minister, Steve Webb, highlighting the flaws in the Government’s claim that…”
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill · 2026-03-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Children growing up in poverty face worse educational outcomes, poorer physical and mental health, and fewer opportunities in adulthood. As the hon. Member for Salford (Rebecca Long Bailey) pointed out, this has a huge economic cost on our society, and investing a relatively small amount now for great gains later is ve…”
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill · 2026-02-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I really like what the team are doing, so well done to them. However, brain cancer patients lack the legal right to request whole genomic sequencing of their tumours. Instead, healthcare decisions on genomic testing are made solely by clinicians.”
Brain Tumour Survival Rates · 2026-02-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
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