Quotes from Luciana Berger

All governments could do more on mental health.

If you walk into A&E with a broken bone you expect it to be fixed. If you need help because you've got a mental health condition you should get that help and support.

Mental illness is a fact of life, like cancer or heart disease.

We need to be open about mental illness, and demand the mental health services we need.

If we can't behave and speak in tune with our values, then they aren't really our values.

The nature of most Covid-19 deaths, in hospital or a care home away from family and friends, has made it worse for the people they leave behind. In the absence of the traditional rites and rituals of funeral and mourning - the opportunity to just share a hug - the process of bereavement has been made even harder to bear.

There are a lot of myths about food banks, but the truth is that many people are increasingly having to turn to them just to put food on the table, including many in work.

When I started my undergraduate course at Birmingham University, as a Jewish student it was a natural step to join the Union of Jewish Students (UJS).

Many of the underlying factors in poor mental health are societal.

Since I was a teenager I have been standing up to antisemitism, racism and discrimination in all its forms.

As we confront the child obesity crisis, advergames that promote unhealthy foods to kids are a real cause for concern.

As Liberal Democrats, our plan is to stop Brexit and with it the nurse tax and other barriers to E.U. nurses coming to work in our NHS.

I have observed and taken part in some mental health first aid training, and I have met many mental health first aiders, and I am convinced that even a few hours' training can make a real difference.

We need employers to have an open mind about people with mental illness, and be willing to employ people, with the right support.

There is no excuse for using someone's mental health as a stick with which to beat them.

We strive for equality and equality in mental health matters as much as anything else. I see it as an imperative, not a choice.

I've never been an MP in government unfortunately and only know what it's like to be in opposition.

Banning smoking in vehicles with children in them will help protect them from the misery of smoking-related diseases, from cancer to asthma and emphysema.

All of our lives are enriched by our culture, from blockbuster films, best-selling video games, independent music, and internationally-renowned museums and art collections, to theatre, opera, ballet, literary festivals and performance poetry.

In 2008/9 26,000 people in the U.K. relied on emergency food aid from a foodbank; which was 26,000 too many.