Biography
Steve Reed has engaged extensively on health and social care topics through 18 debate speeches, with particular focus on adult social care reform and funding. His contributions have emphasised government investment in adult social care, including £4.6 billion of additional funding and a fair pay agreement for carers, alongside major transformation programmes in children's social care. He has also highlighted mental health provision, particularly in rural communities, and public health considerations in relation to water quality and sewage pollution.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…mitting up to £150,000 in supplementary funding, as part of a wider package of support for children’s services, adult social care and public health leadership. Taken together, for every reorgani……”
Record by topic
- Public health & prevention72nd of 68818.0
- Mental health241st of 88015.0
- Adult social care & reform61st of 3769.0
- Learning disability & autism466th of 8996.0
- Dentistry access100th of 1943.0
- Elderly care & frailty76th of 2363.0
What they’ve said
“I would like to make a statement on foreign influence and interference. The responsibility of protecting our democracy is a duty that every single Member of this House shares.”
Foreign Financial Influence and Interference: UK Politics · 2026-03-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Intergenerational unfairness, regional inequality, an ageing population, the Tories’ open borders experiment and the disruption caused by their asylum-seeker hotels policy—all of that—has left communities more fearful of the future and more susceptible to siren voices wrongly putting the blame on minority groups.”
Social Cohesion Action Plan · 2026-03-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It is obvious that the current special educational needs and disabilities system is not working for children and families. We know that it is not working for councils either, as they are seeing funding for neighbourhood services diverted into a broken system.”
Local Government Finance · 2026-02-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The adult social care system is in crisis, and we are facing up to that by transforming it. This settlement makes available around £4.6 billion of additional funding for adult social care in 2028-29, compared with 2025-26, including £500 million for the sector’s first ever fair pay agreement.”
Local Government Finance · 2026-02-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…For the vast majority of councils, increases in council tax will be restricted to 3%, and 2% for the adult social care precept.…”
Local Government Finance · 2026-02-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
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