Biography
Kim Leadbeater has made 40 debate speeches on health and social care topics, with substantial engagement on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, where she opened Third Reading and presented amendments across multiple debates in June 2025. Her contributions also addressed rare diseases, particularly Postural Tachycardia Syndrome, highlighting diagnostic delays and mental health impacts, and she emphasised the need for NHS pathways and specialist regional support. Throughout her speeches, Leadbeater engaged constructively with stakeholders including palliative care professionals, hospices, and cross-party colleagues to shape legislation while acknowledging diverse professional and personal perspectives on these complex healthcare issues.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Friend for being so generous with her time in giving way. As we can see from today’s debate, this is not a rare condition. Maybe some people think that it is rare, but it affects many people, including Helen, who lives in Roberttown in my constituency.”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying3rd of 371303.0
- Palliative & end of life care4th of 568243.0
- Mental health33rd of 88087.0
- Cancer17th of 62257.0
- Learning disability & autism253rd of 89915.0
- Heart disease & stroke41st of 3989.0
- Rare diseases28th of 2029.0
- GP access29th of 2419.0
- Adult social care & reform99th of 3766.0
- Maternity & neonatal238th of 4383.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
- Diabetes68th of 1903.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
What they’ve said
“…Every royal college has a neutral position on assisted dying because of that. I have been pleased to work with Members on all sides of the debate to ensure that this legislation is something that Parliament can be proud of, and the many safeguards in this Bill ensure that only terminally ill patients who are eligible u…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-06-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…e through the inclusion of multidisciplinary panels, widening the provision for professionals to opt out of the assisted dying process, providing additional employment protections, or prohibiting the advertising of assisted dying, cross-party working has strengthened the Bill.…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-06-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I thank him for his intervention, but I would say, as I have said previously, that people working in palliative care have a mixed range of views on this subject. I have met with palliative care doctors, and some are very supportive of a change in the law because of the suffering they have seen.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-06-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…As the Commission on Assisted Dying said in 2011, 14 years ago: “The current legal status of assisted dying [in the UK] is inadequate and incoherent. It outsources a healthcare issue abroad, especially to Dignitas, instead of the Government and Parliament assuming responsibility.” That was 14 years ago, and we are in e…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-06-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…If we look internationally, there are clear, well-established, safe and compassionate assisted dying laws in existence. On Tuesday I joined doctors from Australia who used three key words repeatedly: choice, control and relief.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-06-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
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