Biography
Daisy Cooper has engaged extensively on health and social care through 39 debate speeches, focusing particularly on mental health provision in Hertfordshire, learning disabilities and autism services, NHS dentistry, and social care funding. Her contributions reflect consistent concern about underfunding and service disruption, including warnings about the impact of national insurance contributions on care providers and advocacy for mental health facility investment in her constituency. She has also highlighted issues affecting vulnerable groups, including children with special educational needs and people with neurodivergent conditions.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“Q12. Hertfordshire has one of the lowest numbers of mental health in-patient beds per head in England. When patients, including some young people, are in crisis, they can be sent hundreds of miles away, which undermines their recovery. The cost of private beds comes in at millions of pounds.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism43rd of 89954.0
- Palliative & end of life care45th of 56830.0
- Mental health140th of 88024.0
- Cancer66th of 62221.0
- Public health & prevention56th of 68821.0
- Dentistry access22nd of 19415.0
- Unpaid carers64th of 28311.0
- NHS waiting lists207th of 5346.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
What they’ve said
“The Liberal Democrat administration on Hertfordshire county council has made huge strides forward in improving special educational needs and disabilities provision. We were delighted when the Government lifted the improvement notice, which had been imposed when the Conservatives were running the council.”
Local Government Reorganisation · 2026-07-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ty about going ahead with local government reorganisation without further disruption to vital services, such as special educational needs and disabilities provision and social care.…”
Business of the House · 2026-07-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Conservatives keep talking about the welfare bill going up when they blew a hole in the public health budget, eroded primary and community care, and did nothing to fix social care—and NHS dentistry has been hollowed out.”
Stamp Duty Land Tax · 2025-10-28 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…og—a cost they would reach in a single year—or maybe they would want to scrap the £12 billion a year budget for special educational needs and disabilities. It is not clear in the official Opposition motion where the cuts would come from.”
Stamp Duty Land Tax · 2025-10-28 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Hertfordshire county council, and our new leader’s very first announcement was on the creation of a SEND summit. That summit took place this morning. Ahead of it, there was a SEND listening survey, and 130 people attended community engagement events, because we Liberal Democrats know that the voices of children, parent…”
Children with SEND: Assessments and Support · 2025-09-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
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