Biography
Laura Kyrke-Smith has engaged extensively on mental health and maternity care through 39 debate speeches, with a particular focus on perinatal mental health following her personal experience of losing a friend to suicide after childbirth, which prompted her introduction of Sophie's law. She has raised a broad range of health and social care topics including GP access, health inequalities, unpaid and kinship carers, and NHS waiting lists, frequently drawing on constituent examples to illustrate the challenges faced by her Aylesbury constituency. Her engagement also includes committee work on the Health Bill, where she questioned the single patient record's potential to improve coordination between NHS services and local authorities.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“Q13. I thank the Prime Minister for his commitment to mental health and to building a country that acts sooner when people need help. Five years ago, I lost one of my best friends, Sophie, to suicide after the birth of her third child; her little girl was just 10 weeks old at the time.”
Record by topic
- Mental health20th of 88099.0
- Learning disability & autism140th of 89927.0
- Maternity & neonatal23rd of 43826.5
- Public health & prevention125th of 68812.0
- Health inequalities80th of 2886.0
- NHS waiting lists207th of 5346.0
- Diabetes33rd of 1906.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
- Heart disease & stroke174th of 3983.0
- GP access93rd of 2413.0
- Palliative & end of life care329th of 5683.0
- Unpaid carers158th of 2833.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
What they’ve said
“…On a scale of one to 10, how are you feeling today?”, and that opens up conversations about mental health and suicide in such a powerful way. Will my hon. Friend join me in thanking all my fantastic local groups for their efforts?…”
World Suicide Prevention Day · 2026-09-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…My ask as we consider this legislation is that we recognise that supporting perinatal mental health and, more broadly, the mental health of parents and carers, is fundamental to that ambition and such a key determinant of whether the infants, parents and carers at the heart of the Bill go on to thrive.…”
Infants, Parents and Carers Bill · 2026-09-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…on the babies, but on their parents and carers, specifically pregnant and new mums and their partners, and the mental health challenges that they can face at this time of life. I believe the Bill will improve the support available to them.”
Infants, Parents and Carers Bill · 2026-09-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Q I come from a county with really significant health inequalities—people in the wealthy parts of the county live 10 or 12 years longer than people in some of the more deprived parts of Aylesbury, which I represent.”
Health Bill (Second sitting) · 2026-06-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…NHS community children’s nurses, consultants with a speciality in the child’s condition or children’s hospice teams, but families often need to access emergency unplanned care, perhaps in the middle of the night or at weekends.”
Health Bill (Second sitting) · 2026-06-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
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