Rebecca Paul is the Conservative MP for Reigate, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. She currently undertakes the role of Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons). Sits on the Speaker's Conference (2024), Women and Equalities Committee, Education Committee.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 23rd of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 2%. 117 contributions since 2024-12-11.
What they’ve raised
Rebecca Paul has engaged extensively with health and social care topics through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on NHS service pressures including corridor care at local hospitals, mental health support for young people, and children's wellbeing including digital safety and social media harms. Her contributions span multiple policy areas from end-of-life care discussions to support for vulnerable children in the adoption and special guardianship system. Notable recent interventions include advocacy for raising the digital age of consent to 16 and support for a new local wellbeing centre addressing youth mental health crises.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Assisted dying4th of 347204.0
- Palliative & end of life care5th of 552186.0
- Mental health43rd of 86775.0
- Learning disability & autism93rd of 89833.0
- Diabetes5th of 18627.0
- Cancer49th of 61324.0
- NHS waiting lists137th of 5309.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing40th of 2959.0
What they’ve said
“…Member for Salford (Rebecca Long Bailey) made really important points about corridor care not happening in a silo. There is a wider system of things going on, so we need to look at this more broadly.”
NHS Corridor Care · 2026-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We also see over-representation of neurodiversity, mental health issues and trauma in this group. To put it another way, these children are much more likely to have been in care, to suffer with anxiety and depression, to be autistic and to have been abused. It is a group of incredibly vulnerable children.”
Puberty Blockers · 2026-06-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It found that medical interventions did not reduce psychiatric problems and may even be associated with worsening mental health. How many times have we heard it said that puberty blockers offer a pathway towards improved mental health and reduced psychiatric distress for those struggling with gender identity? I have lo…”
Puberty Blockers · 2026-06-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…not formally published until 2020, demonstrated no statistically significant improvement in gender dysphoria or mental health outcomes. It is important to remember the early studies that told us that, in a majority of cases, going through puberty resolved gender distress.”
Puberty Blockers · 2026-06-23 · Read on Hansard ↗