Biography
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe has engaged on health and social care primarily through debate speeches on obesity, diabetes prevention, and end-of-life care, alongside committee work on food and diet. He has drawn on personal experience with weight management and type 2 diabetes prevention to advocate for wider use of alternative programmes and social prescribing, whilst raising concerns about the cost and potential over-prescription of anti-obesity medications to younger people. His contributions reflect sustained interest in preventative health approaches and practical alternatives to pharmaceutical interventions.
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“…I too would like to say something more about children’s health and the worrying developments taking place with mental health. We really ought to broaden this debate to think about spiritual poverty as well as material poverty, because this poverty strategy is based primarily on the material rather than veering towards…”
Record by topic
- Public health & prevention247th of 6886.5
- Diabetes61st of 1904.5
- Mental health603rd of 8804.0
- Assisted dying277th of 3712.0
- Palliative & end of life care452nd of 5682.0
What they’ve said
“…thers, it is full of great difficulties, pain, anxiety and misery, notwithstanding all the admirable efforts of palliative care. In my experience in recent years, I have seen people with terminal illnesses dying in fear, acute pain and misery.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-09-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We heard from the public health officials about the great difficulties they had when they identified children who were overweight; they had problems with parents who would not help. It is about how we find a way through to take action for children. We should spend some time looking at AI.”
Food, Diet and Obesity Committee Report · 2025-03-28 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I was overweight in my 60s, and when I got to the end of my 70s I was on the cusp of type 2 diabetes. I did a 12-step programme, entirely free of charge, and I got my weight back down and avoided having to take tablets and injections.”
Food, Diet and Obesity Committee Report · 2025-03-28 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Secondly, my concern is about youngsters who have type 2 diabetes. I foresee the possibility that these drugs could be prescribed to children and teenagers. That is a great worry for all of us—to see people self-administering in that way. There are alternatives and there are cheaper alternatives.”
NHS: Anti-obesity Medication · 2024-11-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…In particular, I get increasingly concerned about the problems we encounter with mental health within jails. I know a number of people working in jails from different angles, and the constant complaint is that there are so many people there who should not be in jail but who should in fact be cared for on a mental healt…”
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods) Order 2024 · 2024-07-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
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