Dame Nia Griffith is the Labour MP for Llanelli, and has been an MP continually since 5 May 2005. Sits on the Women and Equalities Committee.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 310th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 24%. 21 contributions since 2024-11-21.
What they’ve raised
Dame Nia Griffith has engaged with health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches, with particular focus on supporting unpaid carers and employment rights affecting families and caregivers. Her contributions have addressed paid carer's leave entitlements, kinship care support, and protections for pregnant employees and parents balancing work and family responsibilities. She has also spoken on LGBT+ health issues, including HIV transmission prevention work in Wales and historical health inequalities affecting the LGBT+ community.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Maternity & neonatal21st of 42724.0
- Mental health285th of 86712.0
- Public health & prevention181st of 6839.0
- Health inequalities72nd of 2776.0
- Cancer224th of 6136.0
- Learning disability & autism463rd of 8986.0
- Unpaid carers91st of 2776.0
- NHS waiting lists198th of 530
What they’ve said
“…She sacrificed her career as a nursing midwifery manager to look after him in his final years. Even after so many years, Damian’s family have never had redress or an apology.”
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme · 2026-06-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…the health service, more personnel will have to be recruited in order to speed up the process of bringing down waiting lists. I appreciate that we all want to see waiting lists come down more quickly, but it is no mean feat that they are now consistently falling.”
St David’s Day and Welsh Affairs · 2026-02-26 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham East (Nadia Whittome) not only for taking the initiative on this debate, but for making a fantastic opening speech and saying so much about our trans community that is so important. I will come back to that in a moment.”
LGBT+ History Month · 2026-02-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I hope the House will forgive me if I do not have time to mention everybody, because we have had such a wide-ranging debate with so many people taking part. I thank Members from across the House for their heartfelt and thoughtful contributions, particularly my hon.”
Pride Month · 2025-06-23 · Read on Hansard ↗