Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
House of Lords
LabourLord Brooke of Alverthorpe's full title is The Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe. His name is Clive Brooke, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
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Ranks 768th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 60%. 7 contributions since 2024-07-19.
What they’ve raised
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe has engaged with health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches and committee work, with particular focus on diabetes prevention and obesity. His contributions have emphasised alternatives to pharmaceutical interventions, including his personal experience with a 12-step weight management programme that helped him avoid type 2 diabetes, and advocacy for greater use of social prescribing. He has also raised concerns about the cost and potential use of anti-obesity medications in younger people, whilst supporting wider preventive health strategies.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Public health & prevention244th of 6836.5
- Diabetes58th of 1864.5
- Mental health593rd of 8674.0
- Assisted dying254th of 3472.0
- Palliative & end of life care437th of 5522.0
What they’ve said
“…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…”
Child Poverty · 2026-06-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…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 ·