Biography
Lisa Smart has engaged extensively with health and social care through 40 debate speeches, addressing a broad range of topics including NHS waiting lists, mental health, learning disabilities and autism, adult social care reform, and end-of-life care. Her contributions have frequently focused on access issues, including GP availability in deprived urban areas, autism and ADHD assessment waiting lists exceeding a decade, and the normalisation of corridor care in hospitals. She has also raised concerns about suicide prevention, the accessibility of support systems for people with learning disabilities, and the need for greater scrutiny of conversion practices legislation.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…how big money is infiltrating our politics, with millions of pounds paid to politicians, uncapped donations and direct payments for inflammatory social media posts. It is totally disfiguring our politics. We have to tackle big money wherever it comes from, and that is a major omission from the Bill.”
Record by topic
- Mental health59th of 88056.5
- Learning disability & autism122nd of 89930.0
- Maternity & neonatal29th of 43821.0
- Palliative & end of life care105th of 56815.0
- Adult social care & reform39th of 37612.0
- Heart disease & stroke41st of 3989.0
- NHS waiting lists140th of 5349.0
- GP access29th of 2419.0
- Public health & prevention183rd of 6889.0
- Cancer230th of 6226.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- Dentistry access100th of 1943.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking41st of 1393.0
- Unpaid carers158th of 2833.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
What they’ve said
“…nals and how to mitigate the risk that somebody, under the guise of being a health professional, might set up a mental health charity in an attempt to circumvent the aims of the Bill.”
Draft Conversion Practices Bill · 2026-06-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Last week the NHS published the first ever official figures on corridor care, which ripped off the plaster and revealed a scandal that many of us have seen at first hand.”
Business of the House · 2026-06-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Hundreds of my constituents, on both sides of the assisted dying debate, wrote to me, and I am grateful to each of them for the time they took to do that. Their participation, whether by signing parliamentary petitions or writing to their MP, matters. It highlights that so many people are paying attention.”
Progression of Bills through Parliament · 2026-06-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Care Quality Commission registration during a discussion on amendments to the Health and Social Care Act 2008. The Government have moved to regulate independent medical care at temporary sporting and cultural events.”
Mountain Rescue · 2026-04-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Epsom and Ewell (Helen Maguire), who reminded us of the existence of lowland rescue, the importance of the mental health of the volunteers who are involved and the burdens of the CQC regulations. As he often does, the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) brought the very important perspective from Northern Ireland.”
Mountain Rescue · 2026-04-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
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