Biography
Mr Holden has primarily engaged on health and social care through 15 debate speeches, with particular focus on mental health funding, adult social care reform, and end-of-life care provision. He has repeatedly raised concerns about the impact of national insurance changes on hospices and community pharmacies in his constituency, notably visiting St Luke's hospice in Basildon, and has advocated for maintaining investment in NHS mental health services. Additionally, he has contributed to debates on special educational needs, hospital discharge processes for mental health patients, and rare genetic health issues related to first-cousin marriage.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…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…”
Record by topic
- Palliative & end of life care105th of 56815.0
- Mental health386th of 8809.0
- Adult social care & reform61st of 3769.0
- Public health & prevention252nd of 6886.0
- Learning disability & autism466th of 8996.0
- Heart disease & stroke75th of 3986.0
- Rare diseases46th of 2026.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- Children's health56th of 1573.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
What they’ve said
“…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 ↗
“…The genetic risks run from the well-known Tay-Sachs, thalassaemia and cystic fibrosis to the under-recognised microcephaly, heart defects and intellectual disabilities.”
Marriage between First Cousins · 2025-06-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I pushed for a private Member’s Bill, and then via amendments to the Health and Care Act 2022, with Baroness Sugg in the House of Lords helping as well; the Government accepted the argument by tabling their own amendments.”
Marriage between First Cousins · 2025-06-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
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