The Rt Hon Kit Malthouse is the Conservative MP for North West Hampshire, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. Sits on the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 67th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 5%. 59 contributions since 2024-11-29.
What they’ve raised
Kit Malthouse has engaged extensively on assisted dying and end-of-life care through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill during its parliamentary progression in 2025-2026. He advocated for the Bill's passage, emphasising patient autonomy and the importance of flexible, patient-centred implementation across different care settings including hospices and home care, while also addressing procedural concerns about House of Lords obstruction. His contributions on this topic reflected long-standing personal support for assisted dying legislation, which he had previously backed in 2015.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Palliative & end of life care8th of 55296.0
- Assisted dying11th of 34790.0
- Cancer25th of 61336.0
- Mental health285th of 86712.0
- A&E & ambulance response53rd of 2486.0
- Heart disease & stroke69th of 3866.0
- Rare diseases44th of 1986.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 139
What they’ve said
“…However, the passage of the assisted dying Bill shocked me in a number of ways, to the extent that it has tugged in a profound way on a piece of wool in the constitutional jumper, as my right hon. Friend the Member for Tonbridge (Tom Tugendhat) said. The Bill’s passage shocked me in three ways.”
Progression of Bills through Parliament · 2026-06-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Friend’s approach. In the election, I stood on a personal pledge that I would support assisted dying, having voted for it before, in 2015. In my hon. Friend’s view, what importance should we attach to an absolute majority of the House of Commons? The assisted dying Bill passed with an absolute majority of all eligible…”
Progression of Bills through Parliament · 2026-06-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ibuster, does he agree that it has tools at its disposal to allow it to do so? As he will remember, even in the assisted dying debate, we had to move that the Question now be put. If the House of Commons, in convocation, has the majority to override the Government, it can do so, even in those circumstances.”
Progression of Bills through Parliament · 2026-06-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…If I have had my citizenship deprived essentially at the stroke of a pen by the Home Secretary, and I win an appeal, it seems unfair, given that I have won that appeal on the basis of fact, that the Government can continue to deprive me of my citizenship pending a further appeal by them.”