Biography
Dr Rupa Huq has engaged with health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches, with a particular focus on cancer treatment and end-of-life care. Her most substantive contributions addressed prostate cancer treatment disparities across UK nations and concerns about the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, where she highlighted health inequalities, safeguarding risks, and the need for ethnic minority representation in decision-making. She also raised issues of health access for constituents affected by international conflicts and broader NHS resource constraints.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…in the public interest, end the leasehold scam and see a social housing Bill for a million families trapped on waiting lists in temporary accommodation. Some of it was promised by the Tories and never delivered.”
Record by topic
- Cancer126th of 62212.0
- Assisted dying62nd of 37112.0
- Palliative & end of life care158th of 5689.0
- NHS waiting lists207th of 5346.0
- Health inequalities80th of 2886.0
- Learning disability & autism466th of 8996.0
- Mental health654th of 8803.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
- Heart disease & stroke174th of 3983.0
What they’ve said
“…Noxious nitrogen oxide emissions can cause respiratory illness, cardiovascular disease and childhood asthma—even premature deaths, which have been quantified. In London, the city where we are now and where I am an MP, the devastating human impact was tragically illustrated by the desperately sad case of Ella Adoo-Kissi…”
Diesel Vehicles: Defeat Devices · 2026-02-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I thank the Prime Minister for his statement and for updating us all—this is obviously a fast-moving situation. Last week, at the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, we harrowingly heard from our Ukrainian counterparts how 20,000 children have been abducted by Russia since this war began.”
G20 and Ukraine · 2025-11-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Last year, his cancer came back, and he was told that he would need hormone and radiation therapy; abiraterone was not offered. Peter is one of the one in three people who get the devastating news that their cancer has come back, and has been denied access to a treatment that could save or extend his life.”
Prostate Cancer Treatment · 2025-06-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Joe Biden’s recent diagnosis has to some extent put prostate cancer in the spotlight of late, but it is not just him—there is Stephen Fry, Jools Holland and Robert De Niro. More than 50,000 men in the UK and 1.4 million men worldwide are diagnosed with prostate cancer yearly, which is projected to double by 2040.”
Prostate Cancer Treatment · 2025-06-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…gland, but sadly there is a catch: abiraterone is not available on the NHS for men with non-metastatic prostate cancer living in England.…”
Prostate Cancer Treatment · 2025-06-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
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