South Dorset
LabourOverall, across health & social care this Parliament
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Ranks 334th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 26%. 19 contributions since 2024-11-13.
“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Andy MacNae) for securing this important and timely debate. As MPs, we become champions of many local issues, and I know that for so many of us here today, public transport will be at the top of the list.”
Small Towns: Transport Links · 2026-06-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I have been campaigning to restore the rheumatology clinic at Swanage community hospital and the chemotherapy clinic at Wareham community hospital. Both of those clinics were closed despite good health outcomes and high levels of patient satisfaction, and local NHS bosses agreed that they were successful clinics before…”
Community Hospital Services · 2026-01-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I believe that proper resourcing of OFSI is essential. Similarly, other bodies and authorities that fight economic crime must be properly resourced so that they can do their job properly. Three further changes are needed to ensure that there are effective instruments for challenging human rights abuses.”
Human Rights Abuses: Magnitsky Sanctions · 2026-01-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…erous occasions, in my part of the world there are sadly far too few specialist school places for children with SEND. Headteachers across Weymouth and Portland have made clear to me that only with a new special school will we be able to deal with this problem.”
Children with SEND: Mainstream Schools · 2025-10-20 ·
“Q8. For the past year, I have been campaigning for a new special educational needs and disabilities school to open at the Osprey Quay site on Portland. There are far too few specialist school places for children with SEND in my part of the world, so local families urgently need to see that school open its doors.”
Engagements · 2025-10-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…With that in mind, it makes practical sense to support new clause 15. If we pass legislation to permit assisted dying with the full weight of the law behind it, we must also respect that choice in the way that we classify and record such deaths.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-06-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
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