Biography
David Davis has engaged extensively on the Lucy Letby case, delivering multiple speeches examining the prosecution, NHS management failures at the Countess of Chester hospital, and the potential for miscarriage of justice, emphasising that institutional self-preservation must not override justice. Beyond this, he has raised concerns about NHS waiting times and service degradation at local hospitals, SEND funding distribution disparities affecting his constituency, and end-of-life care legislation, voting in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill whilst advocating for additional parliamentary time to ensure the assisted dying legislation is properly scrutinised.
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“…Each risks being overlooked. The first is the staffing crises: this was a neonatal unit stretched beyond its limits and operating under relentless pressure. The second is poor clinical management: the unit was repeatedly tasked with caring for babies requiring the highest level of specialist capacity—capacity it did no…”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism253rd of 89915.0
- Maternity & neonatal50th of 43815.0
- Children's health17th of 1579.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
- NHS waiting lists323rd of 5343.0
- Palliative & end of life care329th of 5683.0
- Heart disease & stroke174th of 3983.0
What they’ve said
“…The neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester hospital was failing. Its medical management was at best inadequate and at worst appalling. Indeed, a week after Letby was suspended, the unit was downgraded and prevented from taking any more very seriously ill babies.”
Lucy Letby Case: Conduct of Cheshire Police · 2026-03-26 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…One is in their 90s, and has had a number of strokes. Their daughter’s passport ran out last month and she, as a dual national, felt that she could not return to see her own parent. That is a family disaster for them.”
Electronic Travel Authorisation: Dual Nationals · 2026-02-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Exactly, and in fact earlier than that point. I will come back to that when I talk briefly about the vetting process. What precisely did the Prime Minister learn from reading the Bloomberg emails that was not already known about Lord Mandelson from public information and vetting done before the appointment? Each day th…”
Ambassador to the United States · 2025-09-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“It is an honour to speak today ahead of Armed Forces Day—a day not just of pageantry, as the hon. Member for Mansfield (Steve Yemm) said, but of principle. I congratulate the Government on reinstating the pageantry as well—it is a good thing.”
Armed Forces Day · 2025-06-26 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…to people not very far from me who bought a place in the country because they have got a child who is severely autistic and needs the peace and quiet and the rural environment that is provided. We have people who take lower salaries to work in the country because that is what they want.”
Solar Farms · 2025-05-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
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