The Rt Hon Dame Angela Eagle is the Labour MP for Wallasey, and has been an MP continually since 9 April 1992. She currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
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Ranks 440th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 35%. 14 contributions since 2024-07-23.
Dame Angela Eagle has engaged on health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches rather than written questions, with 14 contributions across the specified areas. However, the extracts provided show her recent parliamentary contributions have focused substantially on immigration, border security, national security, rural affairs, and extreme heat preparedness, with minimal direct engagement on the four health topics listed (learning disability and autism, public health and prevention, mental health, and heart disease and stroke).
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“I beg to move, That the draft National Security Act 2023 (Designated Bodies) Regulations 2026, which were laid before this House on 13 July, be approved. I am grateful to the House for its consideration of this draft statutory instrument, which will see three bodies designated: the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, th…”
National Security · 2026-07-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…nt to be managed with temporary emergency measures; it is a chronic, recurring, structural risk to our economy, public health and national security. Every hon. Member who has contributed today has recognised that point.”
Extreme Heat: Preparedness · 2026-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Friend the Member for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket (Peter Prinsley). The Government take the issue of mental health support for farmers very seriously. We are tripling the previous funding for mental health and wellbeing support for farmers, and a new fund, which overall will be worth £1.5 million over three years, w…”
Agriculture: Government Support · 2026-04-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “House” to the end of the Question and add: “welcomes the support that the Government is providing for rural people, communities and businesses; commends the continued support for farmers through investment in Environmental Land Management schemes which will boost nature an…”
Rural Communities · 2026-01-07 ·
“…We have heard about the stress and mental health problems that waiting for those constant tests have subjected many families to. Far too many farmers have suffered profound stress and hardship as a result.”
Bovine Tuberculosis Control and Badger Culling · 2025-10-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“It is important that all of us acknowledge the humanity of people who come to our country to work, and the contribution that they make. But we also have to have rules: we have to decide who comes to our country and why, and we have to explain those rules to the electorate. That is what I shall go on to try and do.”
Immigration · 2025-05-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
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