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The member has raised

Generated from their own Hansard record, below

“…In peak season, we have 24,000 short-term lets across the duchy, while 25,000 Cornish households sit on waiting lists on the housing register. In fairness, Cornwall council has delivered 850 homes in the last six years through its housing revenue account and general fund, but its capacity to go further is deeply constr…”

Record by topic

  1. Learning disability & autism160th of 90524.0
  2. Mental health198th of 89018.0
  3. NHS waiting lists105th of 54312.0
  4. Health inequalities29th of 29912.0
  5. A&E & ambulance response56th of 2726.0
  6. Public health & prevention260th of 7006.0
  7. Elderly care & frailty77th of 2493.0
  8. NHS & care workforce/staffing124th of 3143.0
  9. Rare diseases81st of 2073.0
  10. Adult social care & reform201st of 3973.0
  11. Unpaid carers170th of 2963.0
  12. Cancer387th of 6413.0
  13. Maternity & neonatal251st of 4533.0

Also active on health inequalities

Full health inequalities ranking

What they’ve said

  • “…In addition, two thirds of Cornish families waiting for an EHCP have to wait for more than 20 weeks. Does she agree that SEND provision is particularly difficult and costly in remote peninsula communities such as Cornwall, and that budgets and support need to recognise those geographical factors?…”

    SEND Provision: Rural Communities · 2026-10-27 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “…It detected an aggressive cancer that was fortunately treatable. That was unfortunately not the case for the husband of Jean from Tehidy Park, whose cancer was not diagnosed until it had already spread to his bones. Had he had testing, he might have been here today.”

    Prostate Cancer Screening · 2026-10-26 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “…Does she agree that, with over a thousand children in kinship care in Cornwall, kinship carers play a vital role in keeping vulnerable children in loving family networks, and that when 45% of kinship carers lose their job after taking on the care of a child, we must do more to ensure that those carers receive the suppo…”

    Kinship Carers: Statutory Paid Employment Leave · 2026-10-20 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “On that point, does the Minister agree that, as an absolute base principle of success, no young person should have to wait until the point of criticality at an A&E department or a charity helpline before they get the support that they deserve?”

    Youth Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Support · 2026-10-13 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “…Friend the Member for Blaydon and Consett (Liz Twist) for securing this important debate. Improving mental health services for our young people is deeply personal for me, and one of the reasons I became an MP.”

    Youth Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Support · 2026-10-13 · Read on Hansard ↗

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