Biography
McFadden has engaged extensively on youth employment and related health and social care issues through 40 debate speeches, with a particular focus on the Youth Guarantee scheme and youth hubs as mechanisms for addressing youth unemployment and inactivity. He has connected employment support to mental health, learning disability and autism, unpaid carers (particularly young carers), and health inequalities, positioning constructive employment as part of tackling these broader health and social challenges. His contributions emphasise breaking down departmental barriers to provide holistic support, citing evaluation data showing positive outcomes for young people using youth hubs.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Youth hubs include mental health support, housing support, and skills and career opportunities all in one place. The whole idea is that people do not lives their lives according to departmental boundaries, and the way that we help them should understand that and bring these departmental boundaries together.”
Record by topic
- NHS waiting lists14th of 53460.0
- Mental health105th of 88033.0
- Health inequalities48th of 2889.0
- Maternity & neonatal138th of 4386.0
- Unpaid carers92nd of 2836.0
- Learning disability & autism466th of 8996.0
- Long Covid16th of 553.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
What they’ve said
“I thank the right hon. Gentleman and send him commiserations for whatever has left him reliant on his crutches today. I am happy to congratulate the businesses he mentioned in his constituency.”
Youth Guarantee · 2026-06-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…treating them as human beings and bringing together holistic support to get them into employment, including in mental health, housing, and essential and vocational skills. As I said, it is about breaking down the barriers between Departments and seeing youngsters as people.”
Topical Questions · 2026-06-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…tes to higher welfare bills and to people not working: hollowing out the NHS and leaving one person in seven on waiting lists, with a higher likelihood that they are unfit for work; increasing child poverty by 700,000, making it less likely that children will be ready for work when they leave school; explicitly rejecti…”
Getting Britain Working Again · 2026-05-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…out of the jobcentre to where young people are, giving them access to community-based advice, skills training, mental health support, housing advice and careers guidance. In the spirit of generosity, I will give way to the hon.”
Getting Britain Working Again · 2026-05-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…On the health front, I have good news to report: waiting lists today are down by 110,000—the biggest monthly drop since 2008. Elective waiting time targets have been hit, and four-hour waiting time targets have been hit.”
Getting Britain Working Again · 2026-05-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
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