Chris Coghlan
Dorking and Horley
Liberal DemocratOverall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 228th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 18%. 28 contributions since 2024-09-02.
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism35th of 96768.5
- Cancer176th of 6139.0
- Mental health381st of 8699.0
- Dentistry access99th of 1913.0
- Elderly care & frailty72nd of 2273.0
- Palliative & end of life care344th of 5733.0
What they’ve said
“I have given the Government evidence that hundreds of children with special educational needs and disabilities are avoidably killing themselves because of public authority negligence and misconduct, including my constituent Jen Bridges-Chalkley.”
Public Office (Accountability) Bill · 2026-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The Bill is in honour of Christopher Laskaris, whose mum Fiona is here. Christopher was not unlike many autistic children; he was a sensitive and intelligent boy, who once asked his mum to stop on the way to school to rescue a lamb stuck in a fence. I first met Fiona when I was eight.”
Mental Capacity (Duty to Assess) · 2026-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I entirely agree. An under-resourced officer can still determine need, still issue an EHCP and still be transparent about what cannot yet be delivered. That, at least, is honest.”
SEND Provision and Reform · 2026-04-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I have enormous respect for him, but his underlying argument is flawed, because there is the same number of SEND children now as there was in 2010 and in 1978. The question is why the number fell so much up to 2016 and then rose, and I would suggest that the answer probably has something to do with the scrapping of Sur…”
SEND Provision and Reform · 2026-04-13 · Read on Hansard ↗