Mental Health
Mental health services, CAMHS, suicide prevention, eating disorders, psychiatric care
Recent PMQs Questions
View all 69PMQs 2026-03-25
I recently met Graham and Malcolm, who bravely shared their lived experience of addiction to monkey dust. They highlighted the challenges they faced due to a lack of joined-up working between local se...
PMQs 2024-05-22
On the Welsh borders, we are incredibly proud of the Veterans' Orthopaedic Centre at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in north Shropshire, which treats veterans not only locally, i...
PMQs 2024-04-24
I am concerned about unpaid carers who are facing hounding from the DWP and huge fines for minor infringements of carer's allowance earning rules. Yesterday, a dementia adviser resigned over the Gover...
PMQs 2024-02-07
In February, focusing on emotional health and mental well-being, I share my personal experience of a near-fatal attempt in 2021. After receiving care at St Helier and Springfield Hospitals, I am grate...
PMQs 2024-01-24
I am concerned about the impact of social media on children's mental health and safety, as evidenced by a tragic incident involving a 14-year-old girl who took her own life after experiencing severe b...
PMQs 2024-01-17
I have just got back from the inaugural women's health summit. During the summer, it was announced that specialist maternal mental health services will be available to women in every part of England b...
PMQs 2024-01-17
I am concerned about nearly 5,000 people living with dementia in my constituency, including those without a formal diagnosis. With my dad recently diagnosed and being my constituent, will you pledge t...
PMQs 2024-01-10
When my best friend and constituent Dr Laura Williams lost her husband suddenly at 35, she was left alone with three children under the age of five. Nothing could have prepared her for that grief and ...
PMQs 2023-12-13
Our mental health legislation is 40 years old, and we made a manifesto commitment to reform the Mental Health Act 1983 because people with learning disabilities and autism who are sectioned under the ...
PMQs 2023-12-06
Yesterday, 13 men died by suicide; today, 88 men will die of heart disease; tomorrow, and every day, 90,000 men will wake up in prison; and today we have 2.2 million boys living at home with no dad. T...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 582Bailiffs 2026-03-17
What steps he is taking to help improve standards in the bailiff industry. I welcome the Government's commitment to legislating for a statutory bailiff regulator. Research by StepChange and others has...
Bailiffs 2026-03-17
What steps he is taking to help improve standards in the bailiff industry. I welcome the Government's commitment to legislating for a statutory bailiff regulator. Research by StepChange and others has...
Topical Questions 2026-03-17
I refer to my entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. I have met the academics behind the University and College Union reports on the prison education service, which highlighted the rea...
Topical Questions 2026-03-17
My constituent Lucinda Ritchie is a disabled woman with full mental capacity. Until recently, she was living in her own home in Horsham, with NHS support. Against her express wishes, she has been move...
Topical Questions 2026-03-17
My constituent Simon came to see me about his concerns following his family's journey through family court arrangement proceedings. He mentioned a Both Parents Matter statistic that has stayed with me...
Topical Questions 2026-03-17
I have a number of constituents who have had serious delays to their immigration appeals as a result of His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service. One particularly tragic case involves someone who ha...
International Women’s Day 2026-03-11
What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to mark International Women's Day. This International Women's Day I commend the work in my constituency of the Her-Place charitable trust, which suppor...
Topical Questions 2026-03-11
The latest report from Endometriosis UK shows that the average diagnosis time in the United Kingdom has risen to eight years and 10 months. Constituents of mine in Bedford and Kempston, including a st...
Support for NEET Young People 2026-03-09
A young person with undiagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is more likely not to be in education, employment or training. That is driven by a lack of recognition, treatment and tailored ...
State Pension 2026-03-09
We welcome the Government's commitment to the triple lock, but some pensioners in my constituency continue to live in poverty and isolation, and are in need of food banks. What specific measures can t...