Biography
Based on the Hansard extracts provided, Lord Bates's contributions focus primarily on international development and overseas assistance rather than the health and social care topics listed. His four debate speeches address international women's day, UK development partnership assistance, official development assistance (including reference to a children's hospital in South Sudan), and lifelong learning—none of which directly engage with the specified health topics of public health prevention, children's health, A&E response, mental health, or dementia. The extracts do not contain sufficient evidence of engagement on the five health and social care topics to provide an accurate summary.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…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”.”
Record by topic
- Public health & prevention373rd of 6884.0
- A&E & ambulance response222nd of 2582.0
- Children's health131st of 1572.0
- Dementia211th of 2512.0
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
What they’ve said
“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 ↗
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