Biography
Helen Hayes has engaged extensively with early years development and maternity care through debate speeches, particularly championing community midwifery services and the critical importance of the first 1,001 days for child development. She has also raised significant concerns about special educational needs and disabilities provision, drawing on her committee work to highlight systemic failures and call for comprehensive reform including early identification and specialist support. Her broader engagement spans education, children's wellbeing, and youth justice, with a focus on how early intervention and joined-up services can address underlying causes of poor outcomes.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…This is not only a housing crisis, but a public health crisis, a cost of living crisis and a basic human decency crisis. I rise to speak in particular to the campaign that I have been running since 2022: a reform to social housing regulations called Georgia’s law.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism7th of 899168.5
- Mental health41st of 88080.5
- Cancer66th of 62221.0
- Maternity & neonatal68th of 43812.0
- Unpaid carers48th of 28312.0
- Palliative & end of life care213th of 5686.0
- Adult social care & reform99th of 3766.0
- Care home closures & provider failure3rd of 476.0
- Public health & prevention252nd of 6886.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- Heart disease & stroke174th of 3983.0
- Elderly care & frailty76th of 2363.0
- NHS waiting lists323rd of 5343.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
What they’ve said
“…The second principle I want to mention is the importance of the availability of SEND expertise in early years settings. The earlier that a special educational need or disability is identified, the sooner that appropriate support can be put in place.”
Infants, Parents and Carers Bill · 2026-09-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My hon. Friend is right. I mentioned the need for early access to SEND support, and I would include audiology in that category. Those services are vital, as are speech and language services, which we know are all too often not available at the earliest possible opportunity.”
Infants, Parents and Carers Bill · 2026-09-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Member about the importance of face-to-face services. I mentioned the excellent community midwifery services that I was able to benefit from as a new mother. We have got ourselves into a terrible state with maternity care right across the country, with tragedies and a real challenge in turning those services around.”
Infants, Parents and Carers Bill · 2026-09-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…GPs, parenting support, breastfeeding and weaning support, and perinatal mental health care. It can also involve special educational needs and disabilities specialists, and, sadly, sometimes those in safeguarding and social services.”
Infants, Parents and Carers Bill · 2026-09-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We must do everything possible to ensure that the cancer of racism cannot take hold in our society. Our task is to support all the wonderful, rich and diverse communities across the country to live well together. Question put and agreed to.”
Windrush Day · 2026-06-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
Contributions reproduced under the Open Parliament Licence.