Biography
Sir Mel Stride has engaged extensively with health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches rather than written questions, with contributions spanning mental health, unpaid carers, and NHS workforce issues. His engagement has been largely framed within broader economic and fiscal critiques, notably arguing that mental health improves through employment and arguing against public sector pay rises (specifically citing 22% for junior doctors and 14% for train drivers) without productivity improvements attached. He welcomed a debate on unpaid carers' contributions and expressed concern about the impact of National Insurance increases on organisations supporting public services, including hospices and GPs.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…The Conservatives know that work matters, and getting people off benefits matters. People’s mental health is improved by going to work, and by having the social interaction, routine and sense of pride and self-worth that comes with work.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism296th of 89914.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing25th of 30212.0
- Palliative & end of life care151st of 56811.0
- Mental health481st of 8806.0
- Heart disease & stroke174th of 3983.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
- Unpaid carers158th of 2833.0
What they’ve said
“…Lady rises again, will she tell the House how she will fill the £6 billion black hole in the special educational needs and disabilities budget? She mentions, quite rightly, the Iran war and the greater threats that our country faces, but could she explain how she is going to fund what we have been urging: 3% of GDP on…”
Spring Forecast · 2026-03-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…In relation to particular spending pressures, such as special educational needs and disabilities, there is of course a £6 billion cost pressure, because that spending will be taken from local authorities and put on to the Government’s books in 2028. How that additional cost will be met is not in any way accounted for.”
Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer · 2025-12-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ce was to splash out on pay rises for their trade union paymasters—14% for the railways drivers and 22% for the junior doctors—with not one string attached in terms of improved productivity. Therein lies the answer to the hon.”
Taxes · 2025-11-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It is better for the economy, but equally, for those who have mild mental health conditions such as mild anxiety, mild depression and ADHD, it is a better outcome than parking them on benefits, which the Government are doing through time.”
Taxes · 2025-11-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…n up and down our country—the businesses, the entrepreneurs, the farmers who toil all hours, our charities, our hospices, our veterans, our elderly, and all those who embody the very best of all that our country can be—deserve answers about the promises made to them, and about whether their pay packets, their pensions…”
Taxes · 2025-07-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
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