Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
House of Lords
Green PartyBaroness Bennett of Manor Castle's full title is The Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle. Her name is Natalie Louise Bennett , and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 42nd of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 3%. 122 contributions since 2024-07-18.
What they’ve raised
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle has engaged extensively with health and social care topics through 36 debate speeches and 4 pieces of committee work, though her recent contributions show broader engagement across environmental, financial services, and governance issues. While the provided extracts do not contain substantive discussion of the ten health topics listed, they demonstrate her pattern of raising interconnected concerns about public health and environmental regulation, such as her intervention on chemicals regulations regarding public health protections and concerns about regulatory independence. Her engagement style reflects a focus on systemic issues and the interaction between different policy areas affecting population wellbeing.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Public health & prevention8th of 68394.5
- Mental health27th of 86790.5
- Learning disability & autism133rd of 89828.5
- Cancer92nd of 61316.0
- Elderly care & frailty7th of 22714.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)10th of 13912.5
- Health inequalities67th of 2778.5
- Heart disease & stroke66th of 386
What they’ve said
“…cry from the heart from a woman, who is a mother of two children, including a 10 year-old called George, who is autistic and has ADHD. This ties to the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Foster, about the convergence of gambling practices and gaming practices.”
Young People: Gambling Harm · 2026-07-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…from the 20th century—a failed model that has caused the climate and nature emergencies, the terrible state of public health and the rampant inequality of the UK of 2026. It is ironic that this is happening while we have a new Prime Minister who says that he wants to give a greater say to communities.”
Greater Cambridge Development Corporation (Establishment) Order 2026 · 2026-07-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I make a call here for realism. We have an ageing population, healthy life expectancy that has declined by two years in the past decade and one in 10 local areas where the healthy life expectancy is less than 55 years. We have a mental health crisis and a lot of focus on benefits for mental health issues.”
Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 · 2026-07-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Ashton of Upholland, and the whole committee for this extremely enthusiastic report. I suspect I will be taking a different perspective from every other speaker in this debate because I am going to start from down here on solid earth—a planet that we have comprehensively trash…”