Biography
Sir Desmond Swayne has engaged with health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches on the Infants, Parents and Carers Bill, where he emphasised the importance of early intervention by midwives, district nurses and health professionals in identifying developmental difficulties in children. He has also raised mental health matters, including a question on integrating counsellors and psychotherapists into the mental health workforce and a query linking work requirements for benefit claimants to mental health benefits.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…If that difficulty is spotted by, let us say, a district nurse, a midwife, a health professional or one of the excellent workers in our family hubs, help is on the way.”
Record by topic
- Mental health386th of 8809.0
- Maternity & neonatal138th of 4386.0
What they’ve said
“I remember with respect to my own children the importance of a visit by the midwife, even after birth, and that is essentially the point that my right hon. Friend the Member for South Holland and The Deepings was making about the importance of district nurses. I entirely agree with the hon. Lady.”
Infants, Parents and Carers Bill · 2026-09-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“The Minister has a point about the name. An Irish republican band with a name that must send a shudder down the spine of so many in Northern Ireland, and which the hon. and gallant Minister chooses not to use, ought to have raised alarm bells long before they got their hands on any public money.”
Irish Republican Alleged Incitement · 2025-04-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“<Question HRSContentId="{4C77C6D0-CC6B-4FD9-A8EB-0BC0B208E76F}">11. <QuestionText HRSContentId="{145292F4-7177-4BF4-9B06-A2E8D0A25086}">Whether his Department plans to improve integration of counsellors and psychotherapists into the mental health workforce.</QuestionText> </Question>”
Counsellors and Psychotherapists · 2025-01-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
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