Biography
Mr Brash has engaged on health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches, with particular focus on dentistry access, dementia care, rare diseases, and support for vulnerable groups including those with learning disabilities and autism. He has raised concerns about NHS dentistry provision in Hartlepool, advocated for dementia specialist nursing posts in acute trusts, highlighted barriers to treatment for rare conditions like Friedreich's ataxia, and championed funding for adoption and special guardianship support. His contributions have consistently emphasised local impacts on Hartlepool constituents while calling for government action and ringfenced funding in these areas.
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“From the moment I was elected in Hartlepool, my inbox, surgeries and public meetings were filled with people telling me remarkably similar and shocking stories about their estate management companies. That is what I wish to focus my remarks on.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism187th of 89921.0
- Dentistry access32nd of 19412.0
- Mental health386th of 8809.0
- Dementia30th of 2519.0
- Public health & prevention252nd of 6886.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
- NHS waiting lists323rd of 5343.0
- Palliative & end of life care329th of 5683.0
- Rare diseases80th of 2023.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
- Unpaid carers158th of 2833.0
What they’ve said
“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. I want to begin by putting on the record my thanks to the 651 constituents in Hartlepool who signed the petition. They are right to demand greater transparency and accountability from the institutions responsible for protecting children.”
Child Sexual Offender Data · 2026-06-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It means finding the £2 billion that the British Dental Association has said is needed to rescue NHS dentistry. It means lower energy bills for those communities hosting the new nuclear, wind and solar that powers Britain, and while I absolutely support the Home Secretary and stand behind her reforms, if it is necessar…”
Debate on the Address · 2026-05-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…, a dedicated edge-of-care team, a refreshed in-house foster care model, safe reunification pathways, wholesale SEND reform, enhanced support for care leavers, and better workforce planning. This is a serious, preventive change, not a sticking plaster solution.”
Local Government Finance · 2026-02-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It is left for our council to deal with the pressure and the additional SEND needs, and for our council to deal with the children, who sometimes end up in care. It is a disgraceful practice that should rightly be cracked down on.”
Local Government Finance · 2026-02-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I will take up the hon. Member on that invitation. He mentioned Blackpool, and I know that the Members who represent Blackpool and Stoke—in the top three areas for the number of children in care—would also be very interested in his offer.”
Local Government Finance · 2026-02-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
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