“What should I say to my constituent, a stage 4 cancer patient, who applied for his civil service pension in April and has heard nothing? What should I say to him about the fact that, as his Member of Parliament, I wrote about his case to the Cabinet Office on 26 August—two months ago today—and have equally had no reply…”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism259th of 90515.0
- Palliative & end of life care91st of 54015.0
- Mental health491st of 8906.0
- Adult social care & reform113th of 3976.0
- Dentistry access67th of 1976.0
- Diabetes68th of 1993.0
- Cancer387th of 6413.0
- Heart disease & stroke178th of 4073.0
- Assisted dying202nd of 3923.0
Also active on palliative & end of life care
What they’ve said
“…Member for Sunderland Central (Lewis Atkinson) introduced the debate, he said that it was not about the assisted dying Bill; he proceeded for the next 25 minutes to talk about little else.”
Progression of Bills through Parliament · 2026-06-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…correct that if the original ban date of 2026 had been adhered to, according to the British Dental Association, NHS dentistry in Northern Ireland would have collapsed, because dental amalgam with mercury is the cheapest and quickest form of filling.”
Draft Control of Mercury (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 · 2025-10-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…If they do, then we are back to where we started: NHS dentistry would face collapse, because we cannot possibly afford the alternatives, according to the dentists. The regulation is riddled with absurd inconsistencies.”
Draft Control of Mercury (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 · 2025-10-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We know from the statistics that the chances of surviving a heart attack that takes place outside a hospital setting are low—maybe as low as 8%—but that if a defibrillator is available, the chance of survival can increase by 70%.”
Defibrillators · 2025-09-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“The Secretary of State ignores the impact on consumers of the general product safety regulation, which requires the business in GB that is sending to Northern Ireland to have an agent in Northern Ireland and to be in a trusted trader scheme—all the things that are totally alien to supposedly being in the same single ma…”
Windsor Framework: Parcel Delivery · 2025-04-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
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