Biography
Fenton-Glynn has engaged extensively through 40 debate speeches across 12 health and social care topics, with particular focus on palliative and end-of-life care, and the quality and safety of medical regulation. He delivered a notable contribution on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in September 2026, articulating his struggle with the legislation despite principled support for assisted dying, citing concerns about insufficient palliative care provision, inadequate safeguards against coercion, and the premature timing of the Bill. Beyond end-of-life issues, he has consistently raised workforce challenges in the NHS and social care, medical regulation failings, and maternity safety concerns, drawing on personal experience and committee work to inform his contributions.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…If you have moral certainty on this question, I honestly envy you. On the state of palliative care, we are told that this Bill is about giving our constituents more options—a choice between good palliative care or an assisted death.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism98th of 89933.0
- Adult social care & reform11th of 37630.0
- Palliative & end of life care67th of 56821.0
- NHS waiting lists37th of 53421.0
- Maternity & neonatal50th of 43815.0
- Mental health241st of 88015.0
- Cancer126th of 62212.0
- Health inequalities48th of 2889.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing61st of 3026.0
- Medical ethics & regulation2nd of 133.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking41st of 1393.0
- Dentistry access100th of 1943.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
- Care home closures & provider failure13th of 473.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
What they’ve said
“…Bill—whatever the state of our health service, of our social care, or of our palliative care; even if there has been another pandemic—it will come into force. That brings me to our safeguards. I cannot vote for a Bill that does not sufficiently guard against coercion.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Not just now. Our Committee asked our independent expert panel to look into the quality and availability of palliative care, and the results should give everyone in this room pause for thought, because we do not have a universal offer of palliative care in this country.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Had I been asked at any time in my life whether I was for or against assisted dying, I would have said that I am in favour of it. I believe that people have autonomy over their own bodies as a fundamental liberal principle.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I thank my hon. Friend for his powerful speech, and for bringing his personal experience to the Chamber. I am sure that he will agree with me that the ‘H’ in EHCP stands for health; we need to see the health service doing its part. Does he agree?”
Health Bill · 2026-09-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…That is something we should never take for granted. Vaccines do not cause autism; they cause healthy children. Yet we are seeing a worrying decline in the uptake of vaccines, which is the reason for this debate.”
Vaccination Rates: England · 2026-09-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
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