Grahame Morris is the Labour MP for Easington, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
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Ranks 355th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 28%. 18 contributions since 2024-09-03.
What they’ve raised
Morris has engaged on health and social care through 18 debate speeches, with a particular focus on cancer treatment access, drug deaths prevention, and support for unpaid carers including kinship carers. His contributions have raised health inequalities in rural and deprived areas, workforce recruitment challenges in cancer centres, and the need for financial support and policy changes affecting vulnerable populations. He has also championed specific public health issues including hepatitis awareness, alcohol and cancer links, and mental health impacts of government policies.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Cancer73rd of 61318.0
- Public health & prevention120th of 68312.0
- Health inequalities44th of 2779.0
- Unpaid carers67th of 2779.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing40th of 2959.0
- Learning disability & autism654th of 8983.0
- Mental health645th of 8673.0
- NHS waiting lists311th of 530
What they’ve said
“It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I thank my good and hon. Friend the Member for Sunderland Central (Lewis Atkinson) from the Petitions Committee for the way in which he introduced this important debate. I also pay tribute to my good and hon.”
Disclosure and Safeguarding: At-risk Children · 2026-04-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We do not have time to go into it now, but in brief, my Bill proposed setting targets for staffing levels, staff retention, experience and so on, as well as for reducing assaults against staff and prisoners, and then penalising bosses if the targets were not reached.”
Prison Officers: Mandatory Body Armour · 2026-03-26 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I applaud the ambitions in the cancer plan, but my question was about improving access to advanced therapeutic radiotherapy. Almost half the cancer centres in more urban areas in England have experienced a staff recruitment freeze, and the figure rises to 60% in more rural and deprived areas such as mine in east Durham.”
Access to Radiotherapy · 2026-02-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Kingdom has already committed to achieving the World Health Organisation’s goal of eliminating hepatitis C as a public health concern by 2030. That would have a huge impact on health inequalities.”
Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment · 2025-07-22 ·