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HANSARDDeclining Birth RatesMy Lords, I am most grateful to my colleague, the noble Baroness, Lady Nargund, for having secured this debate, and to the noble Baroness, Lady O’Grady, for having introduced the…04 Jun 2026HANSARDCombating Atrocity Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and GenocideMy Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend Lord Alton of Liverpool for never having stopped keeping up the pressure on enhancing our awareness of human rights, often at great…04 Jun 2026HANSARDRetirement and Participation CommitteeMy noble friend Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield has been a fine mentor to the whole House. That was evident today. As we proceed without him, we must not let him down. Laws send…18 May 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy noble friend Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield has been a fine mentor to the whole House. That was evident today. As we proceed without him, we must not let him down. Laws send…18 May 2026HANSARDCancer Outcomes in the UKMy Lords, like others I am most grateful to my noble friend Lord Patel for securing this debate today, which is acute myeloid leukaemia day—so it seems very appropriate. I declare…21 Apr 2026HANSARDHealth and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2026If I may add to the list of questions, I think it might be helpful for the Minister to explain how the decisions over the size relate to the Purple Guide that the Health and…15 Apr 2026HANSARDHealth and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2026My Lords, I declare an interest, in that I am president of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, so it is partly with that hat on that I am asking these questions. The…15 Apr 2026HANSARDNitrous OxideMy Lords, as the use of nitrous oxide involves the substance hitting the opioid receptors, as with heroin and other drugs, will the Government undertake education of young people…13 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillNoble Lords are repeatedly intervening on the different points. As for the numbers, the estimates, based on the evidence from other countries, suggest that the estimates in the…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWhat assessment was made by the Government when saying that the proposals in these amendments would limit the ability to design an optimum service in relation to the Bill, given…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I hesitated but I want to come in on that, because I am not clear what the position is for care assistants and people who are involved in the intimate care of patients.…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI do not quite understand, then, why I received a letter dated 26 March, just this week, from the Royal College of General Practitioners, requesting explicit clarification in the…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI intervene on the noble Baroness’s comment about training. Everybody is, indeed, trained in abortion, for example, as they go through medical school, but by the time you are…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIn light of the fact that the noble Baroness said this would be a formal discussion, does she agree that if we are sticking with the principle of choice, autonomy and accurate…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have Amendments 190, 268, 359, 617 and 660 in this group. The crux of this group is that assisting suicide is not a medical treatment, and products to bring about the…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillSo, to clarify, the noble and learned Lord is not allowing a provision here to say that if you have strong feelings, for instance, you will be able to ask not to be rostered to…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am most grateful to my noble friend Lady Cass for that introduction. This debate is extremely serious. Sometimes there has almost been black humour during it, but people have…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, may I question the Minister? The 49th report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee drew attention to the very unusual nature of the clause in the Bill…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, this is a very interesting group of amendments, because it seems to me that two separate things are going on. We have the neutral adviser of the noble Lord, Lord Frost,…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Llanfaes, for her excellent tour de force on the constitutional issues facing the Senedd in the face of…20 Mar 2026