South West Wiltshire
ConservativeOverall, across health & social care this Parliament
Get a doctor in here!
Ranks 470th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 37%. 13 contributions since 2025-01-06.
“…However, will he ensure that we do not give the false impression that all veterans are homeless and have mental health problems? Nothing could be further from the truth. Happily, the great majority of people leaving our armed forces are well sorted in their life, and in robust mental health.”
Armed Forces Bill · 2026-06-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…People can move from one end of the country to another into a dental desert—Wiltshire is one of those. Does he think that there is a case for putting a duty on integrated care boards to translate people’s position with an NHS dentist—where they are lucky enough to find one—to their new area? I am thinking particularly…”
Armed Forces Bill · 2026-06-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“The nod to the pressures on rural general practices in the Carr-Hill process is to be welcomed, as is the improvement to many GP practices, but so many principals in general practice are throwing in the towel in the prime of their professional lives because of the bureaucracy, which many of them tell me burdens them we…”
GP Contract · 2026-03-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“In April 2024, a much-needed SEND school at Bitham Park in Westbury in my constituency was given the green light by Wiltshire council and the Department for Education, with a planned in-service date for later this year. The Labour Government put that plan on pause.”
Schools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and Thriving · 2026-02-23 ·
“…I have to say to the Health Secretary that objectives two and three are probably dentistry and adult social care, and on those, I have heard less positive news. Dentistry in particular is still struggling as a result of the units of dental activity created by Gordon Brown back in the day—a system that has bedevilled th…”
Budget Resolutions · 2025-12-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to prohibit the carrying out of construction work in respect of new waste incinerators, other than in cases where substantial construction has already begun; to make provision about the taxation of waste disposed of by way of incineration; to prohibit local authorit…”
Waste Incinerators · 2025-11-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
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