Lord Young of Acton

House of Lords

Conservative

Overall, across health & social care this Parliament

Found a pulse

Ranks 861st of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 68%. 5 contributions since 2025-05-01.

Record by topic

“…Amendment 207 would create a statutory duty to keep schools open for in-person attendance in future public health and other civil emergencies for all pupils, not just vulnerable children and children of key workers, unless Parliament expressly approves any closures and continues to do so every two weeks.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2026-02-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Surely the signal that scrapping hate crime from British law would send is not that we do not care about vulnerable groups but that we think they should enjoy the same legal protections as everyone else, and that everyone should be equal in the eyes of the law.”
Crime and Policing Bill · 2026-01-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, Amendment 502M would create a statutory duty to keep schools open for in-person attendance in future public health and other civil emergencies, unless Parliament expressly approves any closures and continues to approve them every two weeks.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2025-09-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, suggested that the effect of the Bill on palliative care would be to improve it. That is not the view of my sister, an NHS nurse who has spent much of her career working in palliative care.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-09-12 ·