Biography
Lord O'Donnell made two debate speeches on health and social care topics in September 2025. He spoke on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill regarding learning disability and autism, emphasizing the importance of evidence-based policy, and contributed to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill debate on mental health, citing economic evidence on the wellbeing benefits of green spaces. His contributions reflected his background in Treasury policy and emphasis on evidence-based approaches to government wellbeing goals.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…e suggestions: we want more physical exercise; we want less bullying; and we want to think about what things in SEND work. As the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, said, we need some common definitions. We need a common definition of well-being that we can use; the department can give us that.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism756th of 8992.0
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
What they’ve said
“…First, the evidence that green spaces make a big impact on well-being and mental health is huge, far beyond what has been said here. If one looks at the book by our own noble Lord, Lord Layard, one will find, on pages 237 to 239, a good analysis of this.”
Planning and Infrastructure Bill · 2025-09-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
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