Ian Murray
Edinburgh South
LabourOverall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 250th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 20%. 25 contributions since 2024-09-04.
Record by topic
- NHS waiting lists30th of 53024.0
- Cancer62nd of 61321.0
- Mental health183rd of 86918.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing40th of 2959.0
- Maternity & neonatal130th of 4276.0
- Public health & prevention299th of 7346.0
- Heart disease & stroke69th of 3876.0
- Rare diseases79th of 1983.0
- Dementia106th of 2453.0
- Learning disability & autism717th of 9673.0
- Adult social care & reform180th of 3623.0
What they’ve said
“…Many advances in medical research are happening with AI enhancement at the moment, including on motor neurone disease and how the brain operates, as I know from my constituency. AI and advances in technology will be a key part of how we phase out the use of animal testing. The hon.”
Animal Testing · 2026-04-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…e potential to reduce the use of dogs and non-human primates in assessing the pre-clinical pharmacokinetics and cardiovascular safety of new medicines. We are building the collaboration and infrastructure needed to scale up alternatives into everyday research and development and safety assessments where it is safe and…”
Animal Testing · 2026-04-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It also receives significant funding from Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and the National Institute for Health and Care Research. That shows the breadth of research that it does on all the key diseases that we suffer from in this country, and it is resolving some of these problems.”
UK Biobank Data · 2026-04-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…That includes discovering genes that affect the risk of heart disease or cancer, identifying new ways of predicting dementia, identifying early warning signs for cancers, understanding immunity to covid-19, and work towards earlier detection of Parkinson’s.”
UK Biobank Data · 2026-04-23 ·