Biography
Sir Christopher Chope has engaged substantially on health and social care through 13 debate speeches, with particular focus on rare cancers legislation and public health interventions. His contributions span concerns about NHS governance structures, COVID-19 vaccination harms, GP service provision, and vaping regulation, frequently pressing Ministers on implementation details and questioning whether officials have deliberately withheld information from government briefs.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“When the Minister kindly came to the APPG on park homes, he heard from Nat Slade, the environmental health officer for Arun district council, about the issues he faces and the need for urgent action on complex ownership structures, which was first promised in 2017. Where is that on the Minister’s agenda?”
Record by topic
- Public health & prevention92nd of 68815.0
- Cancer126th of 62212.0
- GP access93rd of 2413.0
- Rare diseases80th of 2023.0
- NHS waiting lists323rd of 5343.0
What they’ve said
“…The vaccine damage payment scheme was introduced to give confidence to people who did the right thing in public health terms: they got themselves vaccinated, and they knew that if something went wrong, the Government would come in and support them.”
Covid-19 Vaccination Harm · 2025-09-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Minister has a brief that has been given to her by officials on behalf of the Minister with responsibility for public health, the hon. Member for West Lancashire (Ashley Dalton), who is not able to be here.”
Covid-19 Vaccination Harm · 2025-09-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…o marketing authorisations for orphan medicinal products that are for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of cancer”— great— “and…prepare and publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.” But what is the timescale for that, and what will happen after those conclusions are produced? There is no obligat…”
Rare Cancers Bill · 2025-07-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…be very helpful to the people we are trying to help through the Bill—namely, those who are suffering from rare cancers and who want us to make progress in this area.”
Rare Cancers Bill · 2025-07-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Most important of all, we will get the Government’s cancer plan. Let us hope that it will not be on the slow burner—we are promised it before the end of the year, and I hope it will be nearer this end of the year than next year. That could be very important, and as my hon.”
Rare Cancers Bill · 2025-07-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
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