Torsten Bell
Swansea West
LabourOverall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 280th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 22%. 23 contributions since 2025-03-03.
Record by topic
- NHS waiting lists30th of 53024.0
- Learning disability & autism226th of 96721.0
- Palliative & end of life care180th of 5739.0
- Mental health470th of 8696.0
- Cancer355th of 6133.0
- Maternity & neonatal227th of 4273.0
- Public health & prevention460th of 7343.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
- Health inequalities130th of 2773.0
What they’ve said
“…Here is one fact that it is hard to get over: over one in five of those aged over 75 were on English NHS waiting lists, which soared to over 7 million. One in five people over 75 were left on an NHS waiting list. That is what letting down pensioners looks like, and our priority is to turn that around.”
State Pensioners: Personal Allowance · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It does not, for example, tell us how growth is distributed or about wealth inequalities, physical and mental health, and environmental sustainability. As the hon. Member set out, those limits have been long recognised, but we need to keep pushing against them.”
Alternative Measures to GDP · 2026-04-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…see, but it is those tax rises and the reforms that the Secretary of State is putting in place that are seeing waiting lists now consistently falling across the country. I promised a discursion on the remarks of the right hon. Member for Tonbridge (Tom Tugendhat).”
Pension Schemes Bill · 2026-04-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ich was raised in the other place, regarding worries about those who are taking career breaks, particularly for maternity leave, and have a dormant pot for a period of time.”
Pension Schemes Bill · 2026-04-15 · Read on Hansard ↗