Biography
Darren Jones has engaged with health and social care topics across 15 debate speeches, with particular emphasis on NHS waiting lists and economic growth as a means to fund public services. He has highlighted NHS waiting list reductions, mental health service investment needs, and the government's approach to public service reform and prevention, while also contextualising these within broader fiscal responsibility and economic policy. His contributions have centred on defending the government's record and fiscal framework rather than raising specific health service concerns or constituency-level issues.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…NHS waiting lists have fallen by 400,000—the largest fall in 17 years. We have put an extra 3,000 neighbourhood police officers back on the beat, and we will lift 450,000 children out of poverty.”
Record by topic
- NHS waiting lists55th of 53418.0
- Mental health290th of 88012.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
- Maternity & neonatal238th of 4383.0
What they’ve said
“…Friend the Member for Southampton Test (Satvir Kaur), back from maternity leave? I congratulate the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, my hon. Friend the Member for Bury North (Mr Frith), on his Dispatch Box debut, and welcome Baroness Anderson in the other place, who has joined the Cabinet Office team today.”
Topical Questions · 2026-03-05 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ection of cash to start to turn around the years of decline that members of the public across the country know: NHS waiting lists growing, schools crumbling, the prisons crisis, and project after project being cancelled or delayed.”
Taxes · 2025-07-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“From ferries to the National Care Service, we have seen failure after failure from the SNP in Scotland, including a track record of waste. In contrast, this Labour Government are tackling waste and investing in frontline services such as our national health service, which has seen waiting lists fall for each of the pas…”
Topical Questions · 2025-04-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I agree entirely that mental health services are in desperate need of investment and support across the country. The evidence is very clear that there are, for example, too many people out of work who would be like to be in work, but who are waiting at home unwell and unable to receive the support and services that the…”
Public Spending: Value for Money · 2025-03-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…forms of payment, the main reasons are being unable to get access to the treatment they need in the health and mental health services space or being unable to access training opportunities for the jobs that are available in the market.”
Charter for Budget Responsibility · 2025-01-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
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