The Rt Hon Ian Murray is the Labour MP for Edinburgh South, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010. He currently holds the Government post of Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport).
Overall, 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.
What they’ve raised
Ian Murray has engaged extensively on health and social care through 25 debate speeches, with contributions spanning rare diseases, cancer, dementia, mental health, NHS waiting lists, and workforce issues. His recent interventions have focused particularly on life sciences investment and research infrastructure, including detailed parliamentary statements on UK Biobank data and responses to concerns about pharmaceutical company investment decisions. Murray has also addressed public health prevention priorities within the NHS's longer-term planning framework.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- NHS waiting lists30th of 53024.0
- Cancer62nd of 61321.0
- Mental health183rd of 86718.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing40th of 2959.0
- Heart disease & stroke69th of 3866.0
- Maternity & neonatal130th of 4276.0
- Public health & prevention414th of 6833.0
- Adult social care & reform180th of 361
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 ·