“…They got nine letters, seven of which were NHS letters, and they have been put at the bottom of a waiting list because they missed their appointment. I can tell which letters are NHS letters when they come through my door or when I see them at the sorting office.”
Record by topic
- Mental health168th of 89021.0
- Cancer107th of 64115.0
- Learning disability & autism390th of 9059.0
- NHS waiting lists149th of 5439.0
- Palliative & end of life care191st of 5406.0
- Women's health & gynaecology60th of 2126.0
- Heart disease & stroke82nd of 4076.0
- Public health & prevention427th of 7003.0
- Maternity & neonatal251st of 4533.0
- Dentistry access105th of 1973.0
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What they’ve said
“…If they are booked into the NHS—taken into hospital, or into a mental health setting and sectioned—they will have to say to the doctor and the medical staff, “I was assigned female at birth.” They will have to make that clear; their right to privacy is gone.”
Pride Month · 2026-06-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“It is always difficult to follow the hon. Member for Brent East (Dawn Butler)—I am genuinely in awe of her speeches, including the one she just gave. I was also in awe of the speech made by the hon. Member for Gorton and Denton (Hannah Spencer). Like the hon.”
International Women’s Day · 2026-03-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Only one clause in this legislation applied to Scotland in advance of it returning from the Lords. Lords amendment 38 contains a reserved power that would apply across the whole UK the changes that are being suggested to the Online Safety Act. I want to focus specifically on those changes.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2026-03-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I asked her Government to ban eating disorder forums that encourage eating disorders. Her Government refused to do that in the Online Safety Act 2023, despite our asking for it to happen.”
Online Harm: Child Protection · 2026-02-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…For people who live in poverty, without family support or with poor mental health, one mistake can mean very quickly spiralling into an un-rescuable situation. That is how I think about privilege: those situations are not anybody’s fault.”
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill · 2026-02-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
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Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily quoting them directly.
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