Biography
Jim McMahon has engaged extensively on local government funding and reorganisation through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on fair funding distribution, the two-tier system's failures, and rural service delivery costs. While his recent contributions centre primarily on local authority finance and structural reform rather than the listed health and social care topics, he has addressed public health concerns including road safety as a public health emergency and waste collection's public health implications. He also introduced a private member's bill on remote registration of stillbirths, reflecting engagement with maternity and neonatal issues.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…I hear representations that say, “Hang on. If it costs more to deliver adult social care in these areas, then surely children’s services and other services such as waste collection and other things ought to be included, too.” The area cost adjustment picks up that general difference of delivering a service in those are…”
Record by topic
- Adult social care & reform5th of 37666.0
- Learning disability & autism51st of 89948.0
- Public health & prevention25th of 68836.0
- Maternity & neonatal138th of 4386.0
- Care home closures & provider failure13th of 473.0
- Mental health654th of 8803.0
What they’ve said
“…ulti-year local government finance settlement allows for £4.6 billion of additional funding to be available for adult social care in 2028-29, compared with 2025-26, including £500 million for the first ever fair pay agreement.”
Rural Upper-tier Local Authorities · 2026-09-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…her £150,000 per each new unitary council to support leadership capacity and continuity in children’s services, adult social care and public health. That will bring the total transition funding for LGR areas to more than £1 million per new unitary created.”
Local Government Reorganisation: Cambridgeshire · 2026-09-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to permit stillbirths to be registered remotely in England and Wales; and for connected purposes. I am grateful for the opportunity to introduce the Bill to the House today. It is a modest proposal. It is not about changing the legal definition of stillbirth.”
Registration of Stillbirths (England and Wales) · 2026-07-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…les who goes through this trauma, they were required to attend the registrar’s office in person to register the stillbirth. Sitting in a waiting room with new parents and babies made the grief even harder than it needed to be.”
Business of the House · 2026-03-26 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…For our town, this is a public health emergency. Although I welcome hotspot policing operations, the truth is that we need more patrols on the streets every day. Can we have a debate in Government time on traffic policing and reducing road deaths by dangerous driving?…”
Business of the House · 2026-03-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
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