Biography
McEvoy has engaged extensively on health and social care through 23 debate speeches, with particular focus on children's wellbeing across multiple areas including mental health, online safety, SEND support, and maternity care. She has advocated for preventive approaches, such as pre-emptive mental health support for new mothers and proactive regulation of children's screen time, whilst also addressing specific vulnerabilities including end-of-life care provision and palliative care parity. Her contributions reflect consistent prioritization of children's protection and parental support, often drawing on constituency engagement and personal examples to frame policy concerns.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“I am interested in the idea of licensing functionalities and new developments before they come into children’s lives, which is not happening at the moment—at the moment it is happening after they have been used for a long time.”
Record by topic
- Mental health85th of 88042.0
- Learning disability & autism307th of 89912.0
- Maternity & neonatal101st of 4389.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
- Palliative & end of life care329th of 5683.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
What they’ve said
“…We need a kind of five-a-day public health campaign from the Government. I hope that the Minister will address that.…”
Young Children’s Screen Time · 2026-02-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Therapeutic play can have a large impact on post-natal depression and parents’ mental health as they are taking their child through quite a difficult experience.…”
Therapeutic Play and Children’s Healthcare · 2026-01-06 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…This vile perpetrator was given a suspended sentence, with his mental health cited as the reason. He was spared prison and, crucially, his mental health had no impact on his culpability for this horrible crime. My constituents have sought justice, and I agree with them that the sentence is outrageously lenient.”
Topical Questions · 2025-12-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…xpayer or businesses anything, because protection is already in place for those who take shared parental leave, maternity leave and adoption leave. Will the Minister reflect that point in the review as well? He did not mention paternity when he gave us his overview of the review’s purpose, but I think that all Members…”
Statutory Maternity and Paternity Pay · 2025-10-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I will use my limited time to outline the reforms that parents at my Darlington SEND surgeries want, and which I support. First, we should educate all school staff to improve the understanding of children’s needs by everyone who supports them.”
Children with SEND: Assessments and Support · 2025-09-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
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