Lord Knight of Weymouth

House of Lords

Labour

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Ranks 747th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 59%. 8 contributions since 2024-07-19.

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“…nment gap between poorer children and their peers stood as wide as it did three decades ago, and a generation’s mental health was left to fray: close to 1 million children were referred to mental health services in a single year, yet fewer than a third were seen.”
Government Record on Education, Employment and Welfare · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We must act urgently to prevent this consigning a generation to fester in their bedrooms, spiralling into mental health crisis as their addiction to phones gets deeper and darker. AI has no ethics, none of Heidegger’s mortality or self-awareness.”
Artificial Intelligence: Impact on Human Relationships and Society · 2026-06-05 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…As a result, we are identifying more pupils with special educational needs but fewer are going on to have education, health and care plans. That gives me optimism in the basis for early intervention in these reforms and that it will work. My question to my noble friend is around the seven specialist provision packages.”
Schools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and Thriving · 2026-02-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It is important that people should understand and be trained around special educational needs. It is important that they should be trained around physical literacy, as was explored by the noble Baronesses, Lady Grey-Thompson and Lady Sater, in their important speeches.”