Lord Harper
House of Lords
ConservativeLord Harper's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Harper. His name is Mark James Harper, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 247th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 19%. 38 contributions since 2025-07-10.
What they’ve raised
Lord Harper has engaged extensively on health and social care through 38 debate speeches, addressing nine topics including learning disabilities, dementia, end-of-life care, and NHS workforce challenges. His contributions have focused particularly on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, where he raised detailed concerns about safeguards for vulnerable groups, the integration of assisted dying with existing medical duties, and funding gaps between assisted dying and palliative care services. He has also questioned NHS accountability on implementing recommendations for patients with learning disabilities and challenged confidence in the NHS's capacity to deliver new dementia treatments.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Palliative & end of life care29th of 55244.0
- Assisted dying21st of 34742.0
- Mental health274th of 86714.0
- Learning disability & autism301st of 89812.0
- Cancer320th of 6134.0
- Dementia206th of 2452.0
- Adult social care & reform300th of 3612.0
- NHS waiting lists463rd of 530
What they’ve said
“…t the gaps are very significant, with something like 50% of hospitals not even being able to record a patient’s learning disability on their digital record, what are the Government doing to track progress on hitting these recommendations, and what are the accountability measures? If trusts do not deliver this quickly,…”
People with Learning Disabilities: Acute Illness · 2026-07-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…that she has set out for improving diagnosis are up to that challenge, so that we can reduce the proportion of dementia patients who do not receive a diagnosis—around a third—to much smaller levels?…”
NHS: Dementia Treatment Trials · 2026-06-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, in moving Amendment 108 in my name, I will also speak to Amendments 116 and 117, also in this group. I am afraid it is my group, I suppose. This seems an appropriate moment, given that it is about economic impacts and competition, to remind the Minister that when on Tuesday my noble friend Lord Moylan and I r…”
Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL] · 2026-06-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Moylan in two of his amendments. On Amendment 76, my noble friend made some very good points about making sure that we have a proper parliamentary process.”
Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill [HL] · 2026-06-18 ·