Biography
Mr Carmichael has engaged with health and social care topics through seven debate speeches, though most contributions addressed other policy areas. His substantive health engagement focused on mental health impacts, particularly discussing the mental health crisis in the farming industry and the psychological toll of animal disease outbreaks on farmers and veterinary professionals during a biosecurity debate.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…We should never underestimate the impact that animal disease outbreaks have on the mental health of farmers, veterinary professionals and others in our rural communities when biosecurity breaks down.”
Record by topic
- Mental health386th of 8809.0
- Learning disability & autism466th of 8996.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
What they’ve said
“Even as things currently stand, we have a mental health crisis in the farming industry. We know from our own personal community experience from 2001 that that was a moment of genuinely acute mental health crisis from which many people have not yet recovered.”
Biosecurity at the Border: Britain’s Illegal Meat Crisis · 2025-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I beg to move, That this House has considered the Global Plastics Treaty. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for making time available for this debate, and for allocating the debate to the main Chamber.”
Global Plastics Treaty · 2025-07-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Yes, if it is a properly constructed, nationwide deposit return scheme. The experience in Scotland was, shall we say, not everything that it might have been. A properly constructed scheme will be critical. I see the Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the hon.”
Global Plastics Treaty · 2025-07-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I thank everybody who has taken part in this debate—it has been quite a remarkable exercise and an enormously valuable one. Every contribution has been truly excellent.”
Global Plastics Treaty · 2025-07-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I beg to move, That this House has considered the future of coastguard search and rescue helicopter services. It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Furniss. I am delighted to see the Minister in his place for a reprise of an issue I have raised a number of times over the years.”
Coastguard Helicopter Services · 2025-01-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
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