Sir Roger Gale
Herne Bay and Sandwich
ConservativeOverall, across health & social care this Parliament
Get a doctor in here!
Ranks 355th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 28%. 18 contributions since 2024-09-10.
Record by topic
- Palliative & end of life care50th of 57330.0
- Learning disability & autism445th of 9679.0
- Cancer224th of 6136.0
- Maternity & neonatal130th of 4276.0
- Elderly care & frailty72nd of 2273.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing116th of 2953.0
What they’ve said
“…There is no need for that to happen. Geriatric though I may be, I understand the difference in definition between a smartphone and a brick phone. It is perfectly possible for any child who has to have a phone to have a brick phone, at very modest cost, so that they can communicate on medically essential matters, or if…”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2026-04-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Secretary of State understand that the remarks that he made on Sky television prior to the recess about the maternity unit at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother hospital in Margate were ill informed, anachronistic, deeply offensive and damaging to morale? I was heavily involved, and have been since, in the events fol…”
Maternity Care · 2026-04-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“May I first join the Father of the House, my right hon. Friend the Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh), in thanking the Secretary of State for Defence for the power of his words, and for the manner in which he has spoken for the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and not just for the Government? I do not think th…”
Ukraine · 2026-02-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Friend the Member for Sevenoaks (Laura Trott). Schools in my constituency do not have enough money to pay for SEND pupils. It is no good the Secretary of State talking about capital expenditure with more on this and more on that—we need to know where the money is coming from to pay the revenue costs incurred by SEND pu…”