Biography
Athwal has engaged with health and social care topics primarily through 17 debate speeches, addressing a wide range of issues including cardiovascular disease prevention, stroke awareness, childhood obesity, SEND provision, ambulance response times, and public health approaches to tackling diet-related disease. His contributions frequently emphasise prevention and early intervention, particularly regarding the environmental factors driving poor health outcomes such as the concentration of fast food outlets near schools and advertising of junk food to children. Several of his speeches draw on personal experience, notably his family's experience with cardiovascular disease and his background as leader of Redbridge council informing his advocacy on local government funding for health and social care services.
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“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (Melanie Onn) for securing this incredibly important debate. I pay tribute to the South Park Users Group in Ilford South.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism307th of 89912.0
- Public health & prevention183rd of 6889.0
- Heart disease & stroke41st of 3989.0
- Mental health481st of 8806.0
- Diabetes33rd of 1906.0
- NHS waiting lists323rd of 5343.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- GP access93rd of 2413.0
- Health inequalities135th of 2883.0
- Maternity & neonatal238th of 4383.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
What they’ve said
“I absolutely agree. I have been saying for the last 10 years that that should be done. The Government finally acting is a real positive; we are going in the right direction.”
Fly-tipping: Residential Areas · 2026-06-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Apsana Begum) for securing this debate. I admire her courage and her continued fight for a better future when it comes to tackling violence against women and girls.”
Violence against Women and Girls: London · 2025-11-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We have heard the statistics: stroke is the UK’s fourth biggest killer and the single largest cause of complex disability. Stroke survivors’ lives are completely altered. Some are left paralysed, their fondest memories are lost and old personality traits and mannerisms are erased by new, unfamiliar ones.”
World Stroke Day · 2025-10-28 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The crisis of childhood obesity does not just pose future health risks; rather, it is impacting children right now. Factors include a lack of after-school activities, deprivation and poverty, the constant bombardment of fast food adverts and the concentration of fast food chains near schools.”
Children’s Health · 2025-07-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Friend the Member for Dagenham and Rainham (Margaret Mullane) for securing this crucial debate. Children with special educational needs have just as much potential as other children, and they deserve to have that potential nurtured.”
SEND Provision: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham · 2025-07-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
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