Biography
Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames has not raised health and social care topics in the provided Hansard extracts. His recent contributions focus on criminal justice matters, including sentencing reform, prison capacity, prisoner recall procedures, and the treatment of offenders in separation centres, delivered primarily through debate speeches in the Lords.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Prisoners on release risk mental health breakdown and relapse into alcohol or drug abuse, and their risks of reoffending are magnified. The right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester referred to the “cycle of reoffending”.”
Record by topic
- Mental health188th of 88018.0
- GP access205th of 2412.0
- NHS waiting lists467th of 5342.0
What they’ve said
“…tted a jury trial, while a person of good character—who stands to lose career, family, friends, self-esteem and mental health if convicted of theft—is not. What is the reason? It is because the seasoned criminal is at risk of three years plus, whereas the person of good character is not. Judges differ.”
King’s Speech · 2026-05-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Indeed, more seriously, it might affect an offender’s mental health treatment or treatment for addiction or substance abuse or gambling addiction. A shorter recall might also carry those risks, but the likelihood is far less, and in a case where a shorter recall would be appropriate, those consequences should be avoide…”
Sentencing Bill · 2026-01-06 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…An eight-week recall might have a damaging effect on mental health treatments which a recently released prisoner was undertaking. Addiction programmes might be undesirably affected. A shorter recall might avoid that.”
Sentencing Bill · 2025-12-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…However, as we in this House know, many prisoners are struggling with addiction and mental health issues and some with problems of aging and illness. For those prisoners, the prospect of education, training, work and purposeful activity may be nugatory.”
Sentencing Bill · 2025-12-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ment, to ensure that prisoners in separation centres are not so cut off from human contact as to endanger their mental health, and that all such prisoners have access to adequate psychiatric care, as Abu did not?…”
Separation Centres: Terrorist Offenders · 2025-11-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
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