Biography
Rupert Lowe has engaged on health and social care topics through three Commons debate speeches, addressing mental health and learning disability issues in SEND provision and regulatory matters affecting medicines. In his October 2024 contribution on SEND provision in the East of England, he raised concerns about over-diagnosis of mental disorders in children, cautioning against labelling active children with conditions while acknowledging genuine needs among those with serious challenges. He also disclosed pharmaceutical industry interests when contributing to a debate on the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in January 2025.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…It must take part responsibility for the consequences: vast NHS backlogs, mental health issues rife, soaring alcohol-related deaths, obesity booming, children’s development wrecked, long-term illnesses mounting, increased substance abuse, domestic violence on the rise, unnoticed child neglect, fathers missing the birth…”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism466th of 8996.0
- Mental health481st of 8806.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
What they’ve said
“…The issue of SEND provision in the east is pertinent, particularly in my constituency of Great Yarmouth. However, I wish to put on the record my concern about the issue of over-diagnosis relating to mental disorders: the rush to label any energetic or active child with a condition is not helpful.”
SEND Provision: East of England · 2024-10-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“It is a pleasure to serve under you, Sir Mark. I hope to stay within five minutes, just about. When we see pictures of boats entering Dover packed full of supposedly desperate asylum seekers, I want to ask, “Where are the women? Where are the children?” The craft are filled almost exclusively with men—young men.”
Illegal Immigration · 2024-09-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
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