The Rt Hon Steve Reed is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Streatham and Croydon North, and has been an MP continually since 29 November 2012. Sits on the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
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Ranks 355th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 28%. 18 contributions since 2024-07-19.
Steve Reed has engaged on health and social care topics primarily through 18 debate speeches, with particular focus on adult social care reform and public health. His contributions have emphasised government action on adult social care funding (including £4.6 billion additional funding and a fair pay agreement for carers), mental health service expansion (8,500 additional professionals and community hubs), and public health priorities including water quality and sewage treatment. He has also addressed children's social care transformation and the integration of health considerations within wider government reforms on local government, rural affairs, and environmental issues.
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“…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……”
Local Government Reorganisation · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“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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