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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI listened really carefully to the Minister. Am I to understand, in my simplistic, non-legal and non-ministerial way, that the drafting of an amendment will be down to us and the…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI beg your pardon; I am sorry.16 Jan 2026HANSARDRare Cancers BillMy Lords, I am sure that, not only in this House but across the country, people are grateful to Scott Arthur MP and the noble Baroness, Lady Elliott of Whitburn Bay, for…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThat is disappointing, because the Committee, I think, would greatly welcome recognition from the noble and learned Lord that some of the things that we are trying to put down are…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, Amendment 27 would ensure that the person in question has made independent contact for information from their local assisted death service provider and has not been…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, this has in many ways been a fascinating debate, which has clearly illustrated the problems of this being a Private Member’s Bill and the difficulties that we are having…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—16 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I return to the issue of the defence of reasonable punishment. My Amendment 97 asks the Government to look carefully at the report from Wales, following three years of…14 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillBefore the Minister sits down, what action can be taken against a centre that appears to be quite dubious and unaccredited? While the amendment is not being accepted, there is…14 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I have my name on this amendment and I am grateful to the Minister from the Ministry of Justice, who met a group of us to look at how the findings and recommendations…14 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIn the time that is left, I would have loved to respond to all the points, but I am not going to go through them in detail. I am deeply disappointed in the response from the noble…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, we move on to a group of amendments that are extremely important and, in some ways, complementary to those in the previous debate. Autonomy is the lodestar of the Bill.…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, has done us all a great service. Last night, it was clear that there is a view that some really major parts of this legislation need to be…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill09 Jan 2026HANSARDSudden Cardiac Death: Screening for Young PeopleI declare that my son is a cardiologist. Following on from the Minister’s comments about the risks associated with false positives, where 30% to 40% of those who had a false…05 Jan 2026HANSARDWomen’s Health StrategyMy Lords, looking beyond gynaecology at women’s healthcare overall, do the Government recognise the importance of public health messaging? Breast cancer is the leading cause of…16 Dec 2025HANSARDBreast CancerMy Lords—15 Dec 2025HANSARDEmergency AdrenalineMy Lords, with the disaster of poorly managed allergy, only 24 ICBs have been able to state the extent to which they have services, and none are able to state whether they have a…15 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 26 in this group. It is important to remember that Clause 1(1)(d) of the Bill simply states “is registered as a patient with a general…12 Dec 2025