Biography
Lord German has engaged on the listed health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches in the Lords, with contributions touching on mental health in the context of child poverty and asylum seeker conditions, and references to care worker fair pay agreements and IPP prisoner mental health institutions. However, the extracts provided show his primary focus has been immigration, asylum, and border security matters rather than the health and social care topics listed; his engagement on those topics appears secondary to broader parliamentary work on refugee and migration policy.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…With an ageing population and a falling birth rate, migration is not a choice but a necessity for GDP growth. Analysis from the OECD is clear. Well-managed migration and successful integration are critical to prevent our economy falling backwards.”
Record by topic
- Elderly care & frailty30th of 2366.0
- Mental health481st of 8806.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing61st of 3026.0
- Learning disability & autism592nd of 8994.0
- A&E & ambulance response222nd of 2582.0
- Palliative & end of life care452nd of 5682.0
What they’ve said
“…Although the Government aim to reduce reliance on international recruitment, the job needs are exceeding training provision. In any case, there are the implications of the increasing need for jobs as we face the growing older demographic—a subject to which I will come in a moment.”
Immigration Skills Charge (Amendment) Regulations 2025 · 2025-12-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…What are we saying about the value of care? Care is a fundamental need in our society, especially as we are an ageing population. Further, these proposals raise serious questions about those who are most vulnerable.”
Migration: Settlement Pathway · 2025-11-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I think it will be no surprise to Members of the Conservative Party that we oppose Amendments 34 and 72. It is quite interesting that, once the rat had been let out of the sack that the amendment was not capable of being put to the House, of course, this debate turned into a Second Reading debate about other…”
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill · 2025-11-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Can the Minister indicate whether the health and mental health of these children will be paramount in the strategy which is about to be produced and that it will ensure that there are responses to that?…”
Child Poverty Strategy: Migrant Families · 2025-10-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The policy case is clear. Vacancies in the social care workforce are driven largely by poor pay, terms and conditions. I do not think that the Government disagree with that, because their announcement was made to deal with it. That leads to low domestic recruitment and retention rates.”
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill · 2025-10-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
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