Easington
LabourOverall, 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.
“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 ·
“…There is a clear consensus among alcohol and cancer charities that that is urgently needed. The Government must introduce a comprehensive alcohol strategy without delay.”
Alcohol and Cancer · 2025-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…That is the thing about both drug and alcohol deaths, and cancers related to drugs and alcohol: they are preventable. My argument, and that of the all-party group, is that we must take the risks of alcohol far more seriously. As my hon. Friend the Member for Lancaster and Wyre said, alcohol is the No.”
Alcohol and Cancer · 2025-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
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