Gareth Snell is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. Sits on the Committee on Standards, Committee of Privileges, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee), Statutory Instruments (Select Committee), Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 292nd of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 23%. 22 contributions since 2024-09-05.
What they’ve raised
Gareth Snell has engaged with health and social care issues primarily through debate speeches, with particular emphasis on health inequalities and cancer treatment delays affecting his Stoke-on-Trent constituents. He has raised concerns about waiting times for cancer diagnosis and oncology consultations, SEND provision and support for children with complex needs, hospice funding sustainability within the integrated care board's budget deficit, and the regulatory oversight of alternative air ambulance services. His contributions reflect a focus on how national health policies affect his constituency, alongside broader questions about the funding model for charitable healthcare providers.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism185th of 89821.0
- Mental health226th of 86715.0
- Palliative & end of life care151st of 5529.0
- Health inequalities130th of 2773.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1393.0
- A&E & ambulance response100th of 2483.0
- NHS waiting lists311th of 5303.0
- Cancer355th of 613
What they’ve said
“Absolutely. If we want to make fertiliser or other industrial gases in this country, we need natural gas to power those processes. There is no other way—the chemistry simply does not exist to create the gases we need without using natural gas.”
Oil and Gas · 2026-03-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I accept the Minister’s point about having more home-grown energy, and renewables can be good for insulating ourselves from economic shocks, but he will know that great swathes of our industrial base are gas dependent, not least the ceramics industry.”
Oil and Gas · 2026-03-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Member for Winchester (Dr Chambers), who spoke so eloquently about the perils of eating disorders, from the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse), who talked about the ability to sell drugs online, and from those on the Government Benches, including my hon.”
Online Harm: Child Protection · 2026-02-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I will constrain my comments to three themes, and I want to start with policy. This has been a very interesting and wide-ranging debate. We have heard from many speakers across the House who have articulated the heartfelt and thoughtful concerns that all of us have about the pervasive way in which social media can infl…”
Online Harm: Child Protection · 2026-02-24 · Read on Hansard ↗