Biography
Lucy Powell has engaged extensively on health and social care topics through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on special educational needs reform, mental health support for young people, and cancer care equity. She has raised issues including autism and ADHD support, rare disease research funding, maternity and paternity rights, suicide prevention, and public health measures such as vape regulation. Her contributions reflect both direct ministerial responsibility for education policy and broader advocacy for health equity and prevention across multiple parliamentary forums.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…oping national inclusion standards, which we will publish alongside any legislation or further steps we take on SEND. Of course, devolution does not just stop with mayors.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism10th of 899126.0
- Mental health30th of 88090.0
- NHS waiting lists6th of 53490.0
- Cancer12th of 62275.0
- Palliative & end of life care23rd of 56851.0
- Maternity & neonatal14th of 43836.0
- Dementia7th of 25130.0
- Dentistry access10th of 19427.0
- Assisted dying35th of 37124.0
- A&E & ambulance response15th of 25821.0
- Health inequalities19th of 28815.0
- Adult social care & reform32nd of 37615.0
- Unpaid carers38th of 28315.0
- GP access19th of 24112.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing25th of 30212.0
- Public health & prevention125th of 68812.0
- Rare diseases17th of 20212.0
- Diabetes33rd of 1906.0
- Heart disease & stroke75th of 3986.0
- Children's health56th of 1573.0
- Elderly care & frailty76th of 2363.0
What they’ve said
“…lege, but so that they can gain independence, have the confidence to go out and about, and tackle some of those mental health issues. We have announced some of those measures.”
Education and Skills Reform · 2026-09-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I really hope that, on something as sensitive and important as special educational needs reform, we can come together across this House and recognise that reforms are necessary. They have been ducked, I would say, for too long.”
Education and Skills Reform · 2026-09-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…er will know that at the moment, we are going through quite a robust process with local authorities about their special educational needs plans and about their budgets and deficits.”
Education and Skills Reform · 2026-09-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The disadvantage gap remains stubbornly wide; the gap between regions is widening; the special educational needs and disabilities crisis is growing; 1.5 million children were persistently absent from school at the last general election; the number of young people educated at home has doubled since 2019; and now a milli…”
Education and Skills Reform · 2026-09-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I thank her for all the work she does raising the issues around suicide and suicide prevention. It is often an uncomfortable and difficult issue to talk about, and she leads from the front in making sure that people feel that they can do so.”
Business of the House · 2025-09-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
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