Tessa Munt is the Liberal Democrat MP for Wells and Mendip Hills, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. Sits on the Administration Committee, Justice Committee.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 182nd of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 14%. 32 contributions since 2024-10-24.
What they’ve raised
Tessa Munt has engaged extensively on health and social care through 32 debate speeches, with particular focus on rare and complex conditions including myalgic encephalomyelitis, long COVID, and learning disability with autism. She has raised specific constituent cases to illustrate systemic gaps, such as inadequate funding for ME research, workforce shortages in ambulance services, and cancer treatment waiting times beyond initial interventions. Her contributions span mental health, NHS staffing, and service accessibility, often calling for government action on data collection, specialist training, and resource allocation.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism185th of 89821.0
- Long Covid2nd of 5521.0
- Cancer73rd of 61318.0
- Mental health226th of 86715.0
- Public health & prevention120th of 68312.0
- Heart disease & stroke38th of 3869.0
- A&E & ambulance response53rd of 2486.0
- Maternity & neonatal130th of 427
What they’ve said
“…This is about property as well as people. The damage to wellbeing and mental health takes its toll on those affected, as does the damage to property, which can take months and sometimes years to remedy and replace.”
National Planning Policy Framework · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I beg to move, That this House has considered the impact of changes to the National Planning Policy Framework. I am pleased to see you in the Chair, Sir Desmond. I am grateful for the time to introduce this debate on the impact of the changes to the national planning policy framework.”
National Planning Policy Framework · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…dges, magistrates, teachers and lecturers, schools generally, health staff, council staff—particularly those in adult social care and children’s social care, and housing officers—as well as the police, are absolutely required to collect data and share it.”
Child Sexual Offender Data · 2026-06-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My constituent Michael is autistic and actively psychotic, and he has a confirmed lack of capacity. His parents have power of attorney. His chronic medical problems include cysts deep in his chest that could burst at any time, bowel disease, myopathy and sleep apnoea.”
Business of the House · 2026-03-26 · Read on Hansard ↗