Sir Alec Shelbrooke

Wetherby and Easingwold

Conservative

Overall, across health & social care this Parliament

Get a doctor in here!

Ranks 684th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 54%. 7 contributions since 2024-10-08.

Record by topic

“I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for clarifying that. I have been speaking to officers who command Ajax tanks. When an officer is interviewed, he has another officer stood behind him, to make sure that he says the right things. When an officer is interviewed on the record, he is not going to say a lot.”
Iran · 2026-07-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that. The point I am driving at—bringing all that together about how this lack of confidence is slowly starting to build in society through what such people are doing—is that that is why we now have to take some really unpopular decisions.”
Iran · 2026-07-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My right hon. Friend worked in the hospice sector, and particularly the children’s hospice sector, long before he came to this place. Does he agree that the pressures on hospices, which are basically run by charitable contributions, have not been taken into account in all the Budget measures introduced since this Gover…”
Budget Resolutions · 2025-12-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I am sure that they are all keen to see their taxes go up again to satisfy the new 30% pay rise that resident doctors want. We were told that that would not happen, and that that was why the Government had to put up taxes the last time.”
Taxes · 2025-07-15 · Read on Hansard ↗