Biography
Lord Hannan of Kingsclere has engaged with health and social care topics through five debate speeches across multiple sessions. His contributions have addressed mental health issues (including factitious disorder imposed on another), NHS workforce challenges (commenting on junior doctors' strikes), and maternity/neonatal support (speaking on a bill providing information to parents and infants). His engagement has focused on policy critique and systemic concerns rather than detailed legislative scrutiny.
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“…It means giving people poison in the guise of medicine. Sometimes, it is a mental health condition, and occasionally, it is a crime. I do not know if any of your Lordships happened to catch the dramatisation “The Serpent”, which told the story of Charles Sobhraj, who would poison backpackers in Asia and, under the guis…”
Record by topic
- Elderly care & frailty166th of 2362.0
- Maternity & neonatal363rd of 4382.0
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing236th of 3022.0
What they’ve said
“My Lords, last week the chairman of the junior doctors—or, now, resident doctors—committee of the BMA put out a tweet saying, “You do not have to tell your employer if you are striking”.”
Employment Rights Bill · 2025-07-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, is the Minister aware of studies showing that exposure to trace amounts of potential allergens builds resilience? I think specifically of the Learning Early About Peanut Allergy study, which tracked a number of children who were thought to be vulnerable because they had intolerances to other things, eczema or…”
Food Allergens · 2025-06-26 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…There are problems the Government cannot avoid, such as the ageing population and the changing ratio of workers to pensioners, but this is a choice. You can give large pay rises to public sector workers, but you are then left with less money to grow the rest of the economy.”
Public Sector Productivity · 2024-10-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I did because, 14 years later, when our youngest child was born in our remote farmhouse, the midwife did not turn up on time—talk about “You had one job”— and I found myself falling back on a great deal of the information that I had picked up at those antenatal classes in order to take charge of a quite stressful situa…”
Support for Infants and Parents etc (Information) Bill [HL] · 2024-09-06 · Read on Hansard ↗
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