Kirsty Blackman
Aberdeen North
Scottish National PartyOverall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 265th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 21%. 24 contributions since 2024-10-07.
Record by topic
- Mental health157th of 86921.0
- Cancer95th of 61315.0
- Learning disability & autism375th of 96712.0
- NHS waiting lists198th of 5306.0
- Heart disease & stroke69th of 3876.0
- Palliative & end of life care231st of 5736.0
- Dentistry access99th of 1913.0
- Public health & prevention460th of 7343.0
- Maternity & neonatal227th of 4273.0
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 ↗
“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 ↗