Biography
Mark Garnier has engaged with health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches, with particular focus on end of life care—notably speaking to personal experience when discussing the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill following his mother's death from pancreatic cancer. He has also raised mental health concerns in the context of firearms licensing, advocating for medical markers on doctors' records as a preventative approach, and supported compensation uprating for workers affected by mesothelioma and pneumoconiosis.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…We are now splitting up adult social care, children’s services, highways, education and refuse disposal. It does not make financial sense. Will the Secretary of State reconsider what is being proposed for Worcestershire, and go with a single unitary authority?…”
Record by topic
- Mental health386th of 8809.0
- Public health & prevention252nd of 6886.0
- Cancer230th of 6226.0
- Learning disability & autism466th of 8996.0
- Palliative & end of life care213th of 5686.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
What they’ve said
“I should alert Members that I am the chairman of the British Shooting Sports Council. On that point about mental health issues, does the hon. Gentleman agree that medical markers on doctors’ records would be a perfect solution to that problem, rather than necessarily doing what is proposed in the petition?”
Firearms Licensing · 2026-02-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Colleagues will know that mesothelioma is a rare and aggressive cancer with known links to asbestos exposure. Pneumoconiosis is equally serious, often affecting those who worked in heavy industries such as coalmining.”
Draft Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 Draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 · 2026-02-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Clause 107 gives the Secretary of State the power to direct the Trade Remedies Authority to initiate a dumping or subsidisation investigation. We support measures that tackle any unfair trading practices, including dumping and subsidisation.”
Finance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting) · 2026-01-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…—particularly the commercial pilot’s licensing regime—takes into account medical fitness to fly, which includes mental health. There are examples out there of how this can be done if we get the licensing regime right and get the buy-in of GPs.…”
Firearms Licence Holders: Mandatory Medical Markers · 2026-01-28 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Clause 20 will introduce specific exemptions for minor expenses incurred by an employee on behalf of their employer. The Opposition particularly welcome subsections (3) to (6). As the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales says, it is a positive step that focuses on prevention rather than cures.”
Finance (No. 2) Bill (First sitting) · 2026-01-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
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