Biography
Ruth Cadbury has engaged with seven health and social care topics through debate speeches, with particular focus on assisted dying and maternity-related issues. She voiced support for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in September 2026, noting improved safeguards based on international experience, and earlier raised concerns about the maternity penalty in the student loans system where interest continues accruing during maternity leave despite reduced income. Her engagement spans broader health and care areas including cancer, palliative care, learning disability, autism, workforce staffing, and public health, though these are less prominently detailed in the recent contributions provided.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…icantly and that we have learned from the experiences of jurisdictions across the world, many of which have had assisted dying for many years. Let us remember that in most of those jurisdictions only about a third of people who choose the option of assisted dying actually go ahead and need to use it.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism382nd of 8999.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
- Palliative & end of life care329th of 5683.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- Maternity & neonatal238th of 4383.0
What they’ve said
“…Many parents and teachers in my constituency welcome the consultation to reform SEND, although they are keeping a watching brief on whether the resources will be adequate to their children’s needs.”
Backing Business to Create Economic Growth · 2026-05-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…One aspect of the broken student loans system is the maternity penalty. When someone is on maternity leave, the interest on a student loan continues to accrue, despite income dropping below the repayment threshold.”
Student Loans · 2026-03-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…track and trains, multiple fare options and prices, hundreds of staff employed to attribute the cost of delays, staff shortages and no single voice to address individual systemic failures of service.”
Railways Bill · 2025-12-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I will start by welcoming some of measures in the Budget relating to transport, and if I have time, I will pick up on a couple of others. I welcome the freeze on rail fares, and I welcome the growth-enhancing capital investment projects like the lower Thames crossing.”
Budget Resolutions · 2025-12-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Committee also heard from people with health conditions who need easy access to toilets and from those with autism, who describe how overcrowded or unpredictable transport affects them.”
Disabled People’s Access to Transport · 2025-03-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
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