The Rt Hon Damian Hinds is the Conservative MP for East Hampshire, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010. Sits on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 79th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 6%. 55 contributions since 2024-07-24.
What they’ve raised
Damian Hinds has engaged extensively on health and social care through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on dementia support in his Hampshire constituency, including commending local voluntary sector initiatives like Dementia Friendly Petersfield and Alton groups. His contributions span a broad range of topics including learning disability and autism, mental health, rare diseases, and adult social care reform, though the recent Hansard extracts show wider engagement on education, local government, and artificial intelligence rather than health-specific matters. Notable recent contributions include speaking on Down's Syndrome Regression Disorder as a member of the relevant all-party parliamentary group, and tributes to infected blood scandal victims, particularly given the presence of Treloar's school in his constituency.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism16th of 89887.0
- Mental health54th of 86757.0
- Dementia18th of 24512.0
- Adult social care & reform56th of 3619.0
- Unpaid carers91st of 2776.0
- Maternity & neonatal130th of 4276.0
- Rare diseases44th of 1986.0
- Palliative & end of life care318th of 552
What they’ve said
“…Of course, there should be exceptions for children with a special educational need or disability that means they need to use a keyboard, and exceptions for computer science, but in general, children at school doing their public exams should do them on pen and paper.”
Societal Impact of AI: Government Policy · 2026-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…s participation underpins so much for young people, building character and resilience, acting in favour of good mental health and tackling obesity. Into old age, too, staying active has huge benefits, as I was discussing just this weekend with the brilliant, dementia-friendly Petersfield walking football group.”
Culture, Media And Sport · 2026-06-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I pay tribute to him for securing it and for all his work with the all-party parliamentary group on haemophilia and contaminated blood. He puts an awful lot of work into it—it is not like a normal APPG—and we are all very grateful.”
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme · 2026-06-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…away from other priorities, at a time, in particular, when we are about to have huge changes to the system for special educational needs and disability. There are also the costs involved. As my right hon.”
Local Government Reform · 2026-06-10 · Read on Hansard ↗