Biography
Lewis Cocking has engaged primarily through debate speeches across six health and social care topics, with particular focus on NHS access issues and special educational needs provision. His contributions have centred on local concerns in Broxbourne, including challenges to GP appointments availability and advocacy for fairer SEND funding formulas that address historical funding disparities. While the member has raised these health and social care matters, his recent parliamentary activity shown here covers a broader range of issues including housing, devolution, and asylum policy.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…They want to encourage councils to build by restricting right to buy. That is the wrong approach. Yes, waiting lists for councils homes are far too high, but making it harder for tenants to get on in life and escape the clutches of the public sector is not the right solution.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism88th of 89936.0
- GP access49th of 2416.0
- NHS waiting lists207th of 5346.0
- Heart disease & stroke174th of 3983.0
- Health inequalities135th of 2883.0
- Mental health654th of 8803.0
What they’ve said
“…Labour Government, despite the council already being under extreme pressure from an unfavourable SEND funding formula. Under that formula, Hertfordshire receives one of the lowest funding allocations per head. It would receive millions more if it were funded at the same rate as other areas.”
Rural Upper-tier Local Authorities · 2026-09-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Allin-Khan. We are coming at this debate in the wrong way. We need to look at when someone becomes an adult in this country, rather than at an arbitrary age at which it is acceptable to vote.”
Representation of the People Bill (Third sitting) · 2026-03-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“The SEND system needs urgent and serious reform. Families I speak to in Broxbourne have been battling against an unfair funding formula that sees pupils get thousands of pounds less than elsewhere in the country.”
Schools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and Thriving · 2026-02-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…t plans to move asylum seekers into new council housing would solve nothing and be an insult to millions on the waiting list. My constituents want the asylum hotel in my constituency of Broxbourne closed immediately.”
Asylum Hotels · 2026-01-05 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Question HRSContentId="{4769FF8B-3467-407B-9CEA-495A431F9470}">Q12. <QuestionText HRSContentId="{4899AF15-1BA0-4183-B3E1-AA3AE3AB4FDB}"></QuestionText>The best form of welfare in this country should be a well-paid job, but with unemployment up and this Labour Government choosing to raise taxes to spend even more on a b…”
Engagements · 2025-12-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
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