Biography
The Earl of Effingham has engaged substantially with health and social care through 38 debate speeches, focusing particularly on dementia prevention, learning disabilities access to care, end-of-life provisions, and NHS operational challenges including waiting lists and corridor care. His contributions have addressed crosscutting themes including workforce concerns, public health interventions such as vaccination, and support for unpaid carers, whilst also engaging with related social policy areas including special educational needs funding. Recent speeches demonstrate sustained attention to specific legislative proposals, including the Rare Cancers Bill and Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, alongside scrutiny of Government performance data on NHS waiting list validation.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“My Lords, we thank the noble Baroness, Lady Keeley, for securing this debate and for her long record of work with the arts on protecting copyright for creators against generative AI, championing inclusive music and arts education and advocating for the financial resilience of the UK’s theatre and cultural sectors.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism119th of 89930.5
- Mental health119th of 88029.0
- Unpaid carers48th of 28312.0
- Public health & prevention125th of 68812.0
- Adult social care & reform89th of 3768.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing61st of 3026.0
- Palliative & end of life care213th of 5686.0
- NHS waiting lists302nd of 5344.0
- Maternity & neonatal356th of 4382.5
- Dementia211th of 2512.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking114th of 1392.0
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
- Care home closures & provider failure39th of 472.0
- Assisted dying277th of 3712.0
What they’ve said
“My Lords, Wes Streeting was absolutely right when he said that prevention is better than cure. The onset of dementia can be delayed by regular exercise and eating healthily, but the facts are that one in three adults is not taking the recommended NHS guidelines for exercise.”
NHS: Dementia Treatment Trials · 2026-06-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…When in government, we took important steps to try to address these issues as best we could. The Health and Care Act 2022 placed a clear requirement on providers to ensure that staff receive training in learning disability and autism.”
Learning Disabilities: Health and Social Care Access · 2026-03-26 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…umstance where their capacity, understanding or will might be in doubt versus the practicality of delivering an assisted dying service?…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…e ways of achieving this, both in cost to authorities and outcomes for children, is by increasing the number of kinship carers. May I therefore press the Minister on kinship care regulations? Will the Government commit to re-examining their position on those regulations and make it easier for children to enter into car…”
Children in Care: Illegal Accommodation · 2026-03-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I wish to speak incredibly briefly, purely because the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, and the noble Lord, Lord Strasburger, mentioned the noble Baroness, Lady Cash. She personally spoke to the noble Lords, Lord Hanson and Lord Katz, and she apologises. She was otherwise detained and sends her regrets.”
Crime and Policing Bill · 2026-03-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
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