Biography
Richard Burgon has engaged extensively on health and social care topics through 19 debate speeches, with particular focus on assisted dying, where he raised concerns about the lack of support from disabled people's organisations for the Terminally Ill Adults Bill. He has also spoken prominently on SEND provision, highlighting the crisis in special educational needs support including capacity issues and assessment delays, as well as addressing mental health issues including suicide-related online content following a tragedy in his constituency.
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“What we are considering today is not the general principle, “Do we or do we not agree with assisted dying?”; it is this Bill. We are not a debating society; we are a Parliament. I therefore ask my hon. Friend why it is the case that virtually no disabled people’s organisation in this country supports the Bill.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism159th of 89924.0
- Mental health290th of 88012.0
- Assisted dying116th of 3716.0
- NHS waiting lists207th of 5346.0
- Maternity & neonatal238th of 4383.0
- Palliative & end of life care329th of 5683.0
What they’ve said
“I send my commiserations to the hon. Member’s constituents for not receiving his newsletter. On a wider point, I have visited the hard-working postal workers at the Garforth and Seacroft delivery offices in in my constituency and, as he says, they work hard and take pride in their work.”
Royal Mail: Performance · 2026-03-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Forty-one MPs, including myself, have signed early-day motion 2386 tabled by my right hon. Friend the Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) regarding the Palestine Action hunger strike, which calls on the Justice Secretary “to intervene urgently to ensure” that the treatment of the prisoners concerned “is hu…”
Business of the House · 2025-12-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I need to be honest: the prospect of citizens in our country being put away in jail for up to three years without the benefits of a trial by jury sends a chill through my heart. I gently say that no Government should ever govern as if they will be in power for ever.”
Criminal Court Reform · 2025-12-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“She has been forgotten too many times in this place, but I will put that to one side. The letter from the then shadow Home Secretary and I called on Theresa May to introduce a Hillsborough law in the aftermath of Grenfell. I commend this Labour Government for bringing forward this legislation.”
Public Office (Accountability) Bill · 2025-11-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“The Foreign Secretary will be aware that Colombia and South Africa, as co-chairs of the Hague Group, have called an emergency ministerial conference in defence of international law and the rights of the Palestinian people, to take place in Bogotá in July. Countries across the world are confirming their attendance.”
Topical Questions · 2025-06-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
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