Mr Richard Holden

Basildon and Billericay

Conservative

Overall, across health & social care this Parliament

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Ranks 415th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 33%. 15 contributions since 2024-07-23.

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“…It is particularly pernicious that the Government are raising taxes on hospices. I visited St Luke’s hospice in my constituency at the weekend. It is having to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds a year more—money that would be going towards care for the most vulnerable at the end of their life—to pay for a tax rise…”
Taxes · 2025-07-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…During the pandemic, we celebrated key workers—the care home workers, teachers and hospice workers who went out every day in horrendous conditions to do their job in a spirit of service.”
Taxes · 2025-07-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…government that we would not have handed out pay rises to train drivers without the need for reform, or to the junior doctors, who have come back yet again with another double-digit pay demand. The hon. Gentleman needs to think about those things.”
Taxes · 2025-07-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Friend recognise that it is not just community pharmacies that are being hammered in this sector but hospices too, such as St Luke’s hospice in Basildon, which is facing a £450,000 rise in its national insurance costs? Does she also agree that Ministers are putting these costs on to pharmacies and charities that cannot…”
Department of Health and Social Care · 2025-06-24 · Read on Hansard ↗