Biography
Lord Mendelsohn has engaged with health and social care matters through three debate speeches, focusing on tobacco and vaping regulation and rare cancers. His contributions to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill debates emphasised the need for stronger impact assessments and protections for small businesses, particularly those dealing with hand-rolled cigars, while his speech on the Rare Cancers Bill highlighted the importance of focusing parliamentary attention on these conditions and disclosed his interest as a trustee of the Follicular Lymphoma Foundation.
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“…They would not undermine any of the public health objectives but would define their application to ensure that vulnerable specialist tobacco vendors were granted a retail licence under the new scheme, with the right arrangements to allow flexibility in circumstances around rental increases and other things that are par…”
Record by topic
- Public health & prevention373rd of 6884.0
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
What they’ve said
“…Member for Oldham East, Phil Woolas, who is challenging and fighting for his life against one of these terrible cancers. I declare my interest as trustee and director of the Follicular Lymphoma Foundation, the UK arm, the US arm and the Israel arm.”
Rare Cancers Bill · 2026-01-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…No assessment was required because the significance to public health was negligible. That is important as we balance things here because these products have a distinctive consumption pattern in the volume of people using them; in the mechanisms and types of usage, daily or occasional; and in their negligible youth appe…”
Tobacco and Vapes Bill · 2025-11-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
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