Dr Peter Prinsley

Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket

Labour

Overall, across health & social care this Parliament

Alive and kicking!

Ranks 45th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 3%. 77 contributions since 2024-07-19.

Record by topic

“Does the Minister agree that the single most effective thing that we have done for public health since we were elected is to get the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 passed? The gradual abolition of cigarette smoking will save more lives than anything else we could conceivably do in politics.”
Health Bill (Sixteenth sitting) · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I am interested in what the hon. Member has to say about strike action. I was involved in trying to get the resident doctors’ strike stopped, but was unsuccessful for many months. I think she is talking about the principle of whether people involved in medical care should ever go on strike.”
Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting) · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…to a requirement to “make regulations” in this respect, as the private sector is already widely used to reduce waiting lists where appropriate. However, we must also be aware of the problem we have with overuse of private facilities.”
Health Bill (Sixteenth sitting) · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“The other important fact is that more and more hospital referrals were not coming from general practitioners at all, but from other people working in the general practice such as nurses and physician associates, who are less confident in forming a clinical judgment.”
Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting) · 2026-07-16 ·