Dewsbury and Batley
IndependentOverall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 57th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 4%. 65 contributions since 2024-10-08.
“…I congratulate them on their efforts to bring down waiting lists by many, many thousands; my constituents appreciate that. We heard that more and more that patients are being treated away from clinical and sterile places: in corridors, cupboards and other places not designed for treatment.”
NHS Corridor Care · 2026-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Does the hon. Member agree that corridor care has moved from being an exceptional problem to an everyday issue in many NHS trusts, and that the Government must act to address the root cause of this issue?…”
NHS Corridor Care · 2026-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…This is money not spent on tackling waiting lists, not spent on primary care, and not spent on saving lives. As we have heard, the Nuffield Trust has made that point starkly, estimating that the NHS will be able to save 340,000 fewer years of quality-adjusted life in 2035 if the promised spending goes ahead.”
Department of Health and Social Care · 2026-06-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…in the wrong body, is there not value in having a cohort that takes a placebo and seeing if that improves their mental health?…”
Puberty Blockers · 2026-06-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It was said earlier that these drugs are already used to treat different conditions, such as prostate cancer, endometriosis and precocious puberty. For the first two conditions they are taken by adults for a very short time, and for the third they are taken for a limited period until the child reaches the age of pubert…”
Puberty Blockers · 2026-06-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Roger. I thank the hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Andy MacNae) for securing this important debate. This is a broad subject, but I will focus on bus services, because in my Dewsbury and Batley constituency and others like it, buses are quite simply the backbone…”
Small Towns: Transport Links · 2026-06-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
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