The Rt Hon Mr Mark Francois is the Conservative MP for Rayleigh and Wickford, and has been an MP continually since 7 June 2001. He currently undertakes the role of Shadow Minister (Defence). Sits on the Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 138th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 11%. 38 contributions since 2024-09-12.
What they’ve raised
Mr Francois has engaged extensively on health and social care through 38 debate speeches, with particular focus on heart disease and stroke prevention, where he advocated for increased use of mechanical thrombectomy as a safer alternative to thrombolysis. His contributions have addressed a broad range of topics including NHS waiting lists, mental health, adult social care, and NHS workforce issues, though the recent extracts primarily reflect his involvement in Armed Forces Bill debates concerning education provision for service children rather than direct health and social care engagement.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism21st of 89875.0
- Heart disease & stroke38th of 3869.0
- NHS waiting lists198th of 5306.0
- Palliative & end of life care205th of 5526.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1393.0
- Adult social care & reform180th of 3613.0
- A&E & ambulance response100th of 2483.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing116th of 295
What they’ve said
“For many years, stroke units have had access to thrombolysis—or “the shot”, as it is known in the trade. However, that is a very rough way of doing it, and it can have side effects and impede a patient’s recovery.”
Heart Disease and Stroke: Premature Deaths · 2026-07-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“It is a pleasure to speak in this important debate about preventing premature death from heart disease and stroke. I congratulate the hon. Member for South Ribble (Mr Foster) on securing the debate and introducing it so ably.”
Heart Disease and Stroke: Premature Deaths · 2026-07-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…l are often moving at the behest of the state, the state has a moral duty under the covenant to ensure that any EHCP—and, as we all know from our constituency work, obtaining EHCPs is often a tortuous process—is then fully transferable. When we debated that in Committee, we received considerable support from the hon.”
Armed Forces Bill · 2026-06-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ment 3—in this primary legislation, which was our preferred route, now that we know there will be a new Bill on special educational needs, they should seek to address the problem in that Bill, and because it is a Department for Education Bill, hopefully local education authorities will then give it considerable weight.”
Armed Forces Bill · 2026-06-22 ·