Lord Bates
House of Lords
ConservativeOverall, across health & social care this Parliament
Found a pulse
Ranks 922nd of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 72%. 4 contributions since 2025-02-06.
Record by topic
- Public health & prevention412th of 7344.0
- A&E & ambulance response215th of 2482.0
- Children's health128th of 1582.0
- Dementia206th of 2452.0
- Mental health741st of 8692.0
What they’ve said
“…Women’s Integrated Sexual Health programme, is a cruel proposal at a time of acute public health crises for women and girls. These cuts are predicted to leave millions of women and girls without access to contraception, resulting in unintended pregnancies and thousands of maternal deaths”.”
International Women’s Day · 2026-03-06 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I join others in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Featherstone, on securing this debate and the way in which she introduced it. Following the noble Lord, Lord McConnell, I was struck again by the strong cross-party consensus that always used to exist in this House on this important issue.”
UK Development Partnership Assistance · 2026-01-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It is the only functional paediatric hospital in a country five times the size of England. People would travel long distances to access its life-saving care. The hospital was funded by British taxpayers and delivered in partnership with UNICEF and Gavi.”
Official Development Assistance · 2026-01-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We have irrefutable evidence that continuing to learn has huge health benefits, including improved mental health and physical fitness, reduced loneliness, delayed onset of dementia and an enhanced quality of life.”
Lifelong Learning · 2025-02-06 · Read on Hansard ↗