Biography
Based on the Hansard extracts provided, Lord Rooker's six debate speeches across 2024-2026 do not substantively engage with the five health and social care topics listed (public health and prevention, mental health, learning disability and autism, elderly care and frailty, and cancer). His contributions focus instead on topics including the flour milling sector, border security, data access legislation, House of Lords reform, the Crown Estate Bill, and NHS blood stocks, with only the final speech touching briefly on health matters through a personal reference to chemotherapy.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“My Lords, it is usual for our one-off debates to highlight a problem or defect that requires attention. That is not the case with this issue. I simply want to celebrate a small, specialist, highly productive sector of the economy, namely the flour milling sector.”
Record by topic
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
- Elderly care & frailty166th of 2362.0
- Learning disability & autism756th of 8992.0
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
- Public health & prevention573rd of 6882.0
What they’ve said
“My Lords, I am very grateful to those who have contributed. As far as I am concerned, my noble friend has given a positive, clear, on-the-record response for which he can be held to account. That is what it is about. He has been quite clear, and he has not tried to shove it aside. The amendment is about border security.”
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill · 2025-06-26 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I am goaded by my own Front Bench to speak for the second time in favour of the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron. I also share the views of the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth. I have been a Minister in both Houses. I have been on the receiving end of ping-pong in both Houses, and I got bloody irritated by it.”
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] · 2025-06-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Brady of Altrincham, on his maiden speech. I will be very sad to lose my noble friend Lady Quin although, both as a Minister and as a private citizen, I have done my Newcastle visitor trips.”
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill · 2024-12-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It also recognises that: “An ageing population is straining national infrastructure”. It accepts that: “The UK is experiencing the most precipitous two-year drop in living standards since records began in the 1950s, and individuals and families are feeling the strain”— I stress that.”
Crown Estate Bill [HL] · 2024-09-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
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