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CrossbenchOverall, across health & social care this Parliament
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Ranks 557th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 44%. 16 contributions since 2024-11-25.
“…Obviously, that is very relevant to the wider debate about specialist schools and the support for autistic people and their families. From that visit, I also commend one thing we noticed: the Phoenix School provided an outreach service to other schools, and indeed ran classrooms in some other schools.”
New Autism Strategy (Autism Act 2009 Committee Report) · 2026-06-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…He discussed the learning disability physicians in Holland. One of their roles is, in a sense, cultural: it is not just what they do as people; it is what influence they have within the wider system.”
Learning Disabilities: Health and Social Care Access · 2026-03-26 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ility to accommodate children in the way that their parents would want them to? Some of those issues are around mental health and other things that we have touched on, but they are also about how schools are governed and the increasing requirements placed on them.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2026-01-28 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I am sure we all understand that our health status is very largely determined—65% or more—by the so-called social determinants of health: that is housing, environment, employment, wealth and education. The relationship between good and bad housing and good and bad health is particularly close.”
Planning and Infrastructure Bill · 2025-11-03 ·
“…Until we take the social determinants of health seriously, we will not see the improvements that we want. I will continue to press this on other occasions. Having said all that, I am not going to move to a vote tonight, given the certainty of losing.”
Planning and Infrastructure Bill · 2025-11-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The third argument is, of course, to support public health. Another good reason for this is to provide that money to support public health and at the same time the public purse.”
Tobacco and Vapes Bill · 2025-10-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
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