Biography
Steve Barclay has engaged on health and social care topics primarily through eight Commons debate speeches, raising issues including NHS waiting lists, hospital discharge delays, maternity safety concerns, and special educational needs provision. He highlighted specific local concerns, such as community health service waiting lists in his constituency remaining at approximately 90,000 since the general election, and raised questions about maternity services safety at Leeds. His contributions also addressed the gap between the Government's stated ambitions to shift NHS care into communities and what he characterised as opposite trends occurring in practice.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“The hon. Member is right. I represent the rural constituency of North East Cambridgeshire, and I recognise the point that he raises; that plays into the issue of overall numbers and into the second point that I am coming on to, which is about the commitments for the existing numbers.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism466th of 8996.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking41st of 1393.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
- Mental health654th of 8803.0
- NHS waiting lists323rd of 5343.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- Maternity & neonatal238th of 4383.0
What they’ve said
“On Tuesday evening, a car with five teenagers left the road near Wisbech in my constituency and entered the river. Tragically, only three of the teenagers exited the car.”
Business of the House · 2026-03-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
“In the Secretary of State’s letter to me of 11 January, she said that the much-needed special educational needs school, Lime academy in March, could proceed if the Lib Dem county council responds by 27 February to say that it is a priority.”
Statutory SEND Duties: Intervention Powers · 2026-01-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…At the general election, the Government said that they would end the resident doctors’ strikes, but another one has been announced today. The NHS Confederation has said that this is not a Budget for the NHS, and under the Budget, an estimated £3 billion extra in drug prices will have to be absorbed.”
Budget Resolutions · 2025-12-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Waiting lists have been at about 90,000 since the general election, particularly for children, but we do not hear too much about that from the Government. We have heard very little in this debate about productivity, so let me close with one example.”
Budget Resolutions · 2025-12-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Government to twice turn down funding for a new heating system for Meadowgate academy, a special educational needs academy, rated outstanding, that provides places to 182 pupils, which is at risk of having to close as a result of that decision? It is bizarre to announce special educational needs co-ordinators, while bo…”
Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life · 2025-07-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
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