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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMay I draw the attention of the noble and learned Lord to the fact that the amendments I have laid in relation to EHCPs and additional assessment criteria are currently in group…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will speak briefly to raise attention to Amendment 170, which has recently been added to the group. In an effort to short-circuit, we will come to the issues of interpreters…05 Dec 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]In Amendment 19B in lieu, as closing words after subsection (3)(c), insert—24 Nov 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her clear intention to continue the dialogue on this, but I believe that we all would be assisted by officials from the Department for…24 Nov 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 19D in my name. I thank the Minister and her officials for the frequency of their engagement on the Bill. I put on record my apology for not…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will just reply to the noble Baroness, then, that within the Bill that is not necessary. I have outlined Clause 10. This applies to the people who are verifying in the process,…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIt might help noble Lords to know that we are being followed on Twitter. This issue—I am aiming to save time—of the Pannick dilemma has been commented on by Philip Murray, who is…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, my name is on the amendment that the noble and learned Lord has just mentioned. This was also from Second Reading. There are loads of people signing forms saying that…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWe covered that matter on the first day in Committee.21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 48, to which I have added my name, and to my Amendment 846. I added my name to Amendment 48 to explore whether pressure can emanate from a…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I do not think it is helpful to your Lordships’ House to be going into discussions that included private discussions. The Motion that the House passed did not suggest…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillAs people around me are saying, I do not think I said that. They are neutral. The royal colleges have said that they have problems with the Bill, but they have been neutral on the…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I declare my interest: I received a personal donation from Dr Etherton to fund research support. Normally, I would agree with the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, in relation…14 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum Claims: Religious ConversionMy Lords, can the Minister outline what kind of training the officials have? A number of years ago, a cross-party group of parliamentarians was involved in helping the Home Office…13 Oct 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, sadness and sympathy are palpable in our inboxes and in this Chamber. Your Lordships’ House is a sobering scene. I begin with what is missing from the Bill—the letter…19 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 502YG and pass on the apologies of the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan of Cotes, who has had to go but had agreed to introduce the amendment on…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI am not sure that the noble Lord is remembering the situation accurately, so it would be best in future to consult before referring to something that I think was many years ago.…10 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I had not anticipated speaking until the next group. I declare an interest as a senior research fellow at Regent’s Park College, Oxford, which is researching freedom of…10 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 430 and 436, to which I have added my name. I am grateful to my noble friend Lady Morgan for raising this issue at Second Reading, as I have…10 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I wish to follow on; in fact, my noble friend has given an introduction to the comments that I wanted to make in relation to Amendment 260 in the names of my noble…02 Sept 2025