Biography
Ferguson has engaged extensively on health and social care through 19 debate speeches, addressing nine topics including maternity rights, NHS waiting lists, mental health, cancer, and adult social care reform. His contributions have frequently connected healthcare challenges to funding pressures, notably referencing A&E overcrowding with specific examples of children and pensioners waiting in poor conditions. He has also drawn on his background as a trade union official to advocate for workers' rights in health and care sectors, particularly regarding maternity protections and pay for care workers.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Proposals floated by the Conservatives include cutting maternity pay, means-testing the state pension and attacking the minimum wage. We know the impact of a Conservative Budget: the grotesque chaos caused by Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng.”
Record by topic
- Maternity & neonatal38th of 43818.0
- NHS waiting lists101st of 53412.0
- Mental health386th of 8809.0
- Cancer230th of 6226.0
- Public health & prevention252nd of 6886.0
- Learning disability & autism654th of 8993.0
- Dementia108th of 2513.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
What they’ve said
“…Friends the Members for Caerphilly (Chris Evans) and for Liverpool West Derby (Ian Byrne) have talked about dementia among footballers. My granddad was a footballer who headed big, heavy, wet leather footballs. He did not care—he would not have it any other way. He was a defender; that is what he did.”
Football Governance Bill [Lords] · 2025-04-28 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The best maternity facility in the country is in my constituency at the Queen Elizabeth maternity hospital, yet it is in a very old building. I want a new building for that maternity hospital. I want far better resources for the staff.”
Hospitals · 2025-04-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…This is a public health crisis, and people are getting sick. Surfers and swimmers are falling ill after taking to the water. As has been mentioned, parents are warning their children to keep away from local rivers.”
Water Bill · 2025-03-28 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I will happily correct the record. Let me say instead, then, that the Conservatives failed to give the Act their full support, which I am sure all our constituents would have liked to see.”
Water Bill · 2025-03-28 · Read on Hansard ↗
“To have a PhD in oncology, to be a GP, to work in a women’s prison—each would mark someone out as a remarkable person, but Dr Jenefer Llewelyn did all three. In her final email to me on 29 January, she said: “I implore you to keep up the fight for those with cholangiocarcinoma.” I regret to inform the House that Dr Lle…”
Business of the House · 2025-03-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
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