Biography
Lord Rennard has engaged extensively on health and social care through 24 debate speeches spanning topics including public health prevention (particularly tobacco and vapes legislation), NHS workforce and access issues, and specific conditions such as diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. He has drawn on personal experience with diabetes and equipment provision to inform his contributions, notably advocating for individual cigarette health warnings and discussing innovative treatments' cost-benefit analysis. His engagement reflects a consistent focus on prevention, equitable service provision, and evidence-based policy across multiple health domains.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…It was clear that the will of the House on that issue was unfairly blocked. So it was with the assisted dying Bill, where it was made impossible to return the Bill to the Commons for it to be considered further.”
Record by topic
- Diabetes9th of 19024.5
- Public health & prevention72nd of 68818.0
- Cancer121st of 62214.0
- Health inequalities77th of 2888.0
- Heart disease & stroke73rd of 3988.0
- Adult social care & reform99th of 3766.0
- GP access49th of 2416.0
- Mental health603rd of 8804.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing236th of 3022.0
- Assisted dying277th of 3712.0
- Dentistry access175th of 1942.0
- Learning disability & autism756th of 8992.0
- Maternity & neonatal363rd of 4382.0
- Palliative & end of life care452nd of 5682.0
- A&E & ambulance response222nd of 2582.0
What they’ve said
“…Government to publish five-yearly reports, setting out a clear road map towards a smoke-free country. While the smoke-free generation policy will rightly protect future generations from the harms of tobacco, it does not in itself sufficiently address the needs of the 5.3 million people who still currently smoke.”
Tobacco and Vapes Bill · 2026-03-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…For decades, the tobacco companies had evidence that tobacco was linked to lung cancer, yet they kept denying until it was proven by showing the number of people with lung cancer who smoked and the number of people with lung cancer who did not.”
Tobacco and Vapes Bill · 2026-02-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, my Amendments 129 and 133 would place a duty on the Government to consult on whether health warnings should appear not just on cigarette packets or the inserts within them but on every single cigarette, by printing the warnings on the paper enclosing the dangerous tobacco.”
Tobacco and Vapes Bill · 2026-02-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Blidworth, because I believe wholeheartedly that a country free from the harms of tobacco would transform the public health of this nation and prevent huge amounts of human suffering. We heard from the noble Lord about the reversal of the planned policy in New Zealand, but we did not hear an explanation for that.”
Tobacco and Vapes Bill · 2026-02-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Does the Minister accept that this can be done only by properly resourcing adult social care?…”
NHS: Corridor Care · 2026-02-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
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