Biography
Baxter has engaged extensively on health and social care through 28 debate speeches, with particular focus on NHS waiting lists, mental health services, learning disability and autism provision, and dentistry access in Scotland. She has repeatedly highlighted pressures on Scottish health services and specific threats to local disability centres, day care facilities, and autism programmes in her Paisley and Renfrewshire South constituency. Her contributions also cover heart disease prevention (particularly defibrillator availability), palliative care for terminal illness, and adult social care funding gaps.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…home after walking for 108 days across 3,000 miles in the United States to raise funds for Scottish Action for Mental Health. He has raised over £1 million. I know this is an issue that the Prime Minister cares about very deeply, and I thank him for his leadership.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism221st of 89918.0
- NHS waiting lists72nd of 53415.0
- Mental health386th of 8809.0
- Adult social care & reform61st of 3769.0
- Heart disease & stroke75th of 3986.0
- Maternity & neonatal138th of 4386.0
- Public health & prevention252nd of 6886.0
- Cancer230th of 6226.0
- Unpaid carers158th of 2833.0
- Dentistry access100th of 1943.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
- Palliative & end of life care329th of 5683.0
What they’ve said
“…Renfrewshire we face the prospect of our local disability resource centre in Paisley being closed, our Autism Connections programme being cut, and our day centres for adults with learning disabilities being merged.”
Business of the House · 2026-06-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Southampton Itchen (Darren Paffey) on securing this important and timely debate on water safety. I also pay tribute to my hon.”
Water Safety · 2026-06-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I begin by offering my deepest thoughts and prayers to the family, friends and colleagues of the British soldier who tragically died in Iraq on Sunday. The world we live in today is more perilous, volatile and unpredictable than at any point in our living memory.”
Armed Forces Bill · 2026-06-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…y 2030” and “to use validated alternative methods to reduce the use of non human primates and dogs in dedicated cardiovascular safety studies by at least 50% by 2030.” The continued use of animals in experiments is not only inhumane, but often ineffective, as my hon.”
Animal Testing · 2026-04-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…hat many mothers in the occupied territories were forced to register their children as Russian simply to secure maternity care? There remain disparities between the individuals whom we in this country have sanctioned for the forced deportation of Ukrainian children and those sanctioned by the EU and the US.”
Ukraine · 2026-01-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
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