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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillAm I right in understanding that the noble Baroness’s amendments are designed to achieve a situation where someone experiences and receives the best palliative care before the…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI do not think we have fully understood these two categories. I was grateful to the noble and learned Lord for the meeting with Professor Ruck Keene. It is clear, particularly…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble and learned Lord is correct that the amendment refers to the wrong person at the local authority. However, the substance of what I said two weeks ago about Amendment…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am grateful to the noble and learned Lord. I accept that drafting changes might be needed between now—27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWhen I mention drafting changes, I mean in relation to the timing of this. As drafted, it would need to be done before the application is granted, and it may be that the…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillFor the accuracy of the record, I am grateful that my noble friend referred to a story that I presented to him at lunchtime because it was relevant to Suffolk. Marie Curie’s…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 462A in my name, which outlines that, before approving any application, the panel must be satisfied that the person requesting assistance has…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am grateful to the noble and learned Lord for his realistic acceptance of the difficulty of judicial review as a remedy for many people. I would be grateful if he could also…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillAbsolutely, and therefore the medical examiner’s evidence is that, when they have the body in that circumstance, they are under an obligation, we think, to locate and find a…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 107 and just wish to ask a few questions regarding the amendment. Along with my noble friend Lady Coffey, I note that when the noble Lord, Lord…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI would be grateful to hear from my noble friend further evidence that Professor Sir Chris Whitty has drawn on expertise from other specialties in addition to epidemiology. Could…06 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI shall speak very briefly to Amendments 456 and 460. I have been saddened by the lack of appreciation of the protective role that the criminal law brings, and I appreciated the…02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe noble Lord says that there is a profound difference. However, there are circumstances—maybe others are aware—where parents lose a very young child in the home to sudden infant…02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am aware of the time, but can the noble Baroness, in the information she provides, please comment on the November 2023 government review, which says that the complication rate…02 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for laying such a broad amendment, and obviously I agree with much of what the right reverend Prelate said. It is interesting that this…30 Jan 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessI am sad to add to the list of requests to the Chief Whip. I was saddened to hear the allegation on the “Today” programme that those opposing the Bill are just a random group of…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIs there a guarantee that we will see those amendments in Committee rather than on Report? That is important, because there is a very different procedure in Committee, in which we…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble and learned Lord just referred to a civil suit. If I remember correctly, from the Public Bill Committee in the House of Commons, this Bill fundamentally changes the…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe obligations that have just been explained refer to medical treatment, but this is not a medical treatment. The previous comments are not accurate because the normal…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—23 Jan 2026