Biography
Rachel Blake has engaged on health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches, with a particular focus on support for vulnerable groups including children with special educational needs and unpaid carers. Her contributions reflect constituency concerns around SEND accountability in mainstream schools, carer support networks, and the broader challenges facing social care and education systems. Blake has also raised related issues including temporary accommodation costs and financial inclusion for young people.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…In responding, I want to talk briefly about youth employment and support for mental health, and then try to get through the questions put to me by my hon. Friend the Member for Hertford and Stortford.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism253rd of 89915.0
- NHS waiting lists140th of 5349.0
- Adult social care & reform99th of 3766.0
- Unpaid carers92nd of 2836.0
- GP access93rd of 2413.0
- Mental health654th of 8803.0
What they’ve said
“The families that I am speaking to in the City, in the west end, in St John’s Wood and in Pimlico through my special educational needs group tell me that they are concerned by a lack of accountability for parents and children when those children are not getting the support set out in their education, health and care pl…”
SEND Support: Access · 2026-01-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
“No. Let us come to the matter at hand. I would like to talk about temporary accommodation costs, special educational needs and the specific challenges of managing the visitor economy in the very centre of London.”
Local Government Finances: London · 2025-03-26 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…On special educational needs, the number of pupils on education, health and care plans increased by 37%—from 1,035 to 1,413—between 2018 and 2024. None of those children and families deserves to have to go through such a difficult approach to securing a special educational needs plan, and every single one of them deser…”
Local Government Finances: London · 2025-03-26 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Government determined to invest in skills for the future, a Government who are already reducing the NHS waiting list thanks to a £23 billion investment. That is the outcome of this policy, which is part of a package of measures to stabilise our economy and enable us to invest in public services.”
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill · 2025-03-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…on 21 notice, are now living in temporary accommodation with three children and have been on the social housing waiting list for nearly 15 years. After being let down by dither and delay from the Members on the Conservative Benches when they were in Government, renters such as my constituents have been denied the cruci…”
Renters’ Rights Bill · 2025-01-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
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