Biography
Lord Kirkham has engaged with health and social care topics through two debate speeches. He spoke on prostate cancer in September 2025, drawing on his personal experience of early diagnosis through health screening to advocate for non-invasive testing and early intervention, noting that prostate cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed cancer in England. He also contributed to a December 2024 debate on retail crime, during which he disclosed his background as a retailer while discussing the impact of shop theft on the retail sector.
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“…This led to a positive prostate cancer test back here in the UK, which gave me the opportunity to radically improve my health and extend the length and quality of my life. That is why I fervently believe in early intervention via simple, non-invasive testing to provide others with the same opportunity.”
Record by topic
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
What they’ve said
“…We pay for the NHS treatment of shop workers who have been physically injured by thieves, or of those whose mental health has been damaged by the trauma they have suffered. We pay too in the degradation of the retail environment.”
Retail Crime: Effects · 2024-12-05 · Read on Hansard ↗
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