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“…The third question is: is it fair? Is it displacing large numbers of other people from their place in the waiting list? Doing a bit of back-of-the-envelope maths on that, I think the answer is: clearly not. We have 6.25 million unique individuals waiting in England for some form of routine care.”

Record by topic

  1. Assisted dying28th of 39234.0
  2. Mental health118th of 89032.0
  3. Palliative & end of life care57th of 54022.0
  4. Cancer81st of 64120.0
  5. Learning disability & autism446th of 9058.0
  6. NHS & care workforce/staffing62nd of 3146.0
  7. Adult social care & reform113th of 3976.0
  8. NHS waiting lists213th of 5436.0
  9. Maternity & neonatal231st of 4534.0
  10. Public health & prevention378th of 7004.0
  11. Women's health & gynaecology174th of 2122.0
  12. Health inequalities251st of 2992.0

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What they’ve said

  • “…Waiting lists remain stubbornly over 7 million, despite heroic efforts across the service to get them down. Cancer waiting times are off track by up to three years. In maternity and early years, Yvette Cooper has again rightly focused on the need for further attention.”

    Health Bill · 2026-10-13 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “…It provides specialist mental health services for veterans. It has been great to see its progress since then. The Bill is now expanding beyond health, education and housing to bring in scope a wider range of public services for the Armed Forces covenant. I will just raise two questions for the Minister on Clause 2.”

    Armed Forces Bill · 2026-07-06 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “…I declare my interests as chair of Cancer Research UK and chair of King’s College London’s council. Cancer Research UK has a proud tradition of supporting research in the UK as well as internationally. Some eight out of 10 medicines that NHS cancer patients use were either developed by or with Cancer Research UK.”

    Cancer Outcomes in the UK · 2026-04-21 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “…To clarify: he is saying that Clause 31(8)(b) would not apply in hospices; in other words, as drafted, the Bill would prevent a hospice as an employer from restricting doctors who were working for that hospice from also participating in assisted dying.”

    Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-27 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “I will be equivalently concise. It is important to connect Amendment 657, which specifies that assisted dying “is not to be regarded as medical treatment”, with our debate on the broader conscience protections that the Bill needs to include.”

    Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-27 · Read on Hansard ↗

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