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Lords Chamber
Rare Cancers Bill
2nd reading - Fri 16 Jan 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (XB - Life peer) Research is essential. - Speech Link
2: Lord Kakkar (XB - Life peer) The mandate that the National Institute for Health Research, as part of its Be Part of Research initiative - Speech Link
3: Lord Freyberg (XB - Excepted Hereditary) fatigue syndrome and long Covid face a structural Catch-22. - Speech Link
4: Lord Winston (Lab - Life peer) so much to cancer research and to rare cancer research, is also important? - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - Wed 19 Nov 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Tessa Munt (LD - Wells and Mendip Hills) The symptoms of ME go far beyond chronic fatigue or being very tired; the sickest patients lie alone - Speech Link
2: James Naish (Lab - Rushcliffe) My constituent Janet contacted me about her son Richard, who was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome - Speech Link
3: Jo Platt (LAB - Leigh and Atherton) Friend the Member for Rushcliffe (James Naish) mentioned, there is confusion about what chronic fatigue - Speech Link
4: Helen Maguire (LD - Epsom and Ewell) Friend.Although I welcome the Government’s final delivery plan for ME and chronic fatigue syndrome, and - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Parkinson’s Disease - Mon 17 Nov 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) There is no doubt that change is needed.My third ask is research. - Speech Link
2: Rachel Gilmour (LD - Tiverton and Minehead) fatigue syndrome, there are calls for a joined-up neuro-optimal care pathway? - Speech Link
3: Ashley Dalton (Lab - West Lancashire) my Department invests more than £1.6 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome - Tue 14 Oct 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Douglas McAllister (Lab - West Dunbartonshire) Friend agree that greater support for this syndrome is needed right across the UK? - Speech Link
2: Cat Smith (Lab - Lancaster and Wyre) in chronic care, I ask the Minister whether that investment will include dedicated research into PoTS - Speech Link
3: Ashley Dalton (Lab - West Lancashire) fatigue syndrome, which can bring similar debilitating symptoms. - Speech Link
4: Ashley Dalton (Lab - West Lancashire) through the National Institute for Health and Care Research. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Thu 18 Sep 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) Head teachers report separately from the Parentkind research that, on average, they are dealing with - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bousted (Lab - Life peer) When we have this debate, we cannot ignore the practical consequences of chronic underfunding, chronic - Speech Link
3: None There is ample peer-review research indicating that increased reliance on technology tools for writing - Speech Link
4: Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Lab - Life peer) A man with chronic and treatment-resistant schizophrenia, whose care and treatment had been funded by - Speech Link
5: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) If we look at the history of the world’s medical treatment of so-called chronic fatigue syndrome, or - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 12 Sep 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Southwark (Bshp - Bishops) That is why it is imperative that we address the chronic underfunding of palliative care and resource - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hunter of Auchenreoch (Lab - Life peer) After much research and two months’ review of his medical records, Michael made the arduous journey to - Speech Link
3: Baroness Goldie (Con - Life peer) That requires two things: a reversal of chronic underfunding over decades of palliative and terminal - Speech Link
4: Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest (Con - Life peer) Someone such as my daughter, who has Down’s syndrome, could be advised by a doctor whom she may never - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Universal Credit Bill
2nd reading - Tue 22 Jul 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LD - Life peer) source, they would also get serious about fixing health and social care without delay so as to tackle chronic - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) Looking at what that means, recent research from the Trussell Trust and YouGov found that one in five - Speech Link
3: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) Worse, many doctors are now reporting significant increases in certain serious chronic diseases, such - Speech Link
4: Lord Sikka (Lab - Life peer) The National Institute of Economic and Social Research said earlier this year that the UK has some of - Speech Link
5: Baroness Scott of Needham Market (LD - Life peer) My Lords, I have a long-standing interest in ME—chronic fatigue syndrome—having seen at first hand its - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill
Committee of the whole HouseCommittee of the Whole House - Wed 09 Jul 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) Is it to make the assessment process more humane so that people with chronic conditions do not have to - Speech Link
2: Zarah Sultana (Ind - Coventry South) Instead, they choose to take from those with arthritis, cancer and chronic pain. - Speech Link
3: John Milne (LD - Horsham) fatigue syndrome, MS, epilepsy and bipolar disorder do not operate on a schedule. - Speech Link
4: Liam Conlon (Lab - Beckenham and Penge) The importance of this is borne out in research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, published in November - Speech Link
5: Cat Eccles (Lab - Stourbridge) I first became ill at work with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, which is a heart condition. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill
2nd reading - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Kemi Badenoch (Con - North West Essex) Research published by the Centre for Social Justice last week shows that we could save up to £9 billion - Speech Link
2: Tom Morrison (LD - Cheadle) This situation highlights the barriers that people with chronic illnesses and disabilities face when - Speech Link
3: Tom Morrison (LD - Cheadle) She has to push herself through pain and fatigue, because she does not receive sick leave during her - Speech Link
4: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) home and put the heating off because they need a consistent level of temperature to manage their chronic - Speech Link
5: Alison Bennett (LD - Mid Sussex) it down, they would be serious about fixing health and, critically, social care at pace, tackling chronic - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Long-term Medical Conditions - Thu 12 Jun 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Peter Prinsley (Lab - Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket) That would be a revolutionary change.I would like to talk about medical research. - Speech Link
2: Shockat Adam (Ind - Leicester South) Research suggests that at least one in five adults with sight loss will experience Charles Bonnet syndrome—more - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We are, then, face to face with those with complex and chronic long-term conditions. - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) CF is a chronic, life-limiting genetic condition without a cure. - Speech Link