Biography
Lord Hanson of Flint has engaged extensively on public safety and criminal justice issues through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on drug-related harms, including contributions on synthetic opioids and drug precursors legislation. While his recorded contributions span broader policy areas including migration, civil registration, and national security, his health and social care engagement has been limited to specific interventions on mental health and autism in relation to the Southport inquiry findings.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…pulation from these recently emerging compounds is sufficiently great that urgent steps are required to protect public health”. The Government have heard that message loud and clear, and we are acting at pace.”
Record by topic
- Public health & prevention18th of 68842.0
- Learning disability & autism159th of 89924.0
- Mental health186th of 88020.0
- A&E & ambulance response54th of 2588.0
- Maternity & neonatal138th of 4386.0
- Adult social care & reform161st of 3764.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing103rd of 3024.0
- Children's health131st of 1572.0
- Heart disease & stroke324th of 3982.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)122nd of 1422.0
What they’ve said
“It is extremely important that we prevent crime. That is why it is important that we go back to the ultimate basics on this. If people at school age involve themselves in retail crime, there need to be efforts and support to give them an alternative lifestyle.”
Violence Against Retail Workers · 2026-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I am grateful to the noble Lord for raising this issue. We have seen some reports on the issue of dependants of health and social care visa holders remaining exempt from the surcharge, and on such visa holders bringing in family members.”
UK Migration · 2026-07-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I am grateful to the noble Lord. I have not yet had a chance to read my noble friend’s report, but undoubtedly, I will read it—because he will send it to me if nobody else does. We have to recognise that we are a multicultural society.”
UK Migration · 2026-07-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Deaths Registration Act 1953 specify the requirements that a person will need to meet when registering a birth, stillbirth or death. The regulations will replace the requirement for a person to sign the register with a “wet” signature with specified requirements which, when taken together, will be treated as signing th…”
Registration of Births and Deaths (England and Wales) (Specified Requirements) Regulations 2026 · 2026-07-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…vailable next year, but we are taking a staged approach: we are undertaking deaths online first, and births and stillbirths will come later. We are also introducing the provision to register deaths by telephone from November this year.”
Registration of Births and Deaths (England and Wales) (Specified Requirements) Regulations 2026 · 2026-07-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
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