Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd
House of Lords
CrossbenchLord Thomas of Cwmgiedd's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd. His name is Roger John Laugharne Thomas, and he is a current member of the House of Lords. Sits on the Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee).
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
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Ranks 751st of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 59%. 8 contributions since 2024-12-12.
What they’ve raised
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd has engaged primarily through debate speeches on criminal justice matters, particularly around sentencing reform and imprisonment for public protection, where he has consistently advocated for addressing injustices within the system. While his listed topics include health and social care areas such as mental health, learning disability, assisted dying, and maternity care, the provided Hansard extracts contain no substantive contributions on these subjects; his engagement appears focused on sentencing policy and the treatment of offenders under licence.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Mental health469th of 8676.0
- Learning disability & autism591st of 8984.0
- Assisted dying254th of 3472.0
- Maternity & neonatal354th of 4272.0
- Palliative & end of life care437th of 5522.0
What they’ve said
“…e was wholly misconceived; nor is it an excuse to say there is a risk that they are more dangerous, because the psychiatric evidence is unanimous in the view that the form of sentence has made that danger greater.”
Sentencing Bill · 2026-01-06 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, the last Government and this Government have done a great deal to help those who were sentenced to imprisonment for public protection and released on licence. I welcome the amendments tabled by the Government and other noble Lords in relation to the position of those on licence.”
Sentencing Bill · 2026-01-06 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I shall move this amendment on behalf of the noble Lord, Lord Verdirame, who unfortunately cannot be present. I wish to express first his appreciation of the time the Minister has taken to speak to him about the issue raised by this amendment. I can explain it very briefly.”
Sentencing Bill · 2026-01-06 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…That is the accepted psychiatric evidence, which those who will not accept that we must do something about this ignore, for a reason I cannot understand. But it is worse than that.”
Sentencing Bill · 2025-12-03 · Read on Hansard ↗