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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill05 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Gower, for having given my Amendment 235A a positive acclamation. However, I did not move it because it struck me…27 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am most grateful to the Minister and look forward to the meeting. To pick up the point made by the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, I wonder whether the Minister,…27 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Lord for the intervention. Perhaps it might be helpful for us to have a conversation outside this Chamber. But I would just say that pain is complex. It is not…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, we come to a key concern in this Bill—the very real risks of coercion and pressure to seek an assisted death. While the Bill acknowledges coercion, it does not fully…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, this has clearly been a long debate, and I think for good reason. As one noble Lord said, coercion and pressure are a major concern for many people about the way the…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillFor the sake of accuracy, I completely accept that. Perhaps the noble Lord might also see, while I am speaking, whether I am correct that the guidelines would tend towards…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as a consultant in palliative medicine in Wales—I have a paid session there. I have received incidental part-time research support from Living and…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, given this very long debate, I will try to respond briefly. I declare that I had the privilege of being the first chair of the National Mental Capacity Forum, which was…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill14 Nov 2025HANSARDLearning Disabilities Mortality Review ReportsMy Lords, will the Government commit to working further with the National Mental Capacity Forum? One of the leads that comes out in this report is a failure to implement…13 Nov 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: SafeguardingMy Lords, digital mental health technologies with clinical purposes are classified by MHRA as medical devices. Therefore, what action can the Government take, working with MHRA…04 Nov 2025HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeMy Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for having met me, and to the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell of Surbiton, with whom I discussed the Statement yesterday. The Minister…04 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI completely take that criticism; it is a fair comment. However, we know the damage to the brain microvasculature from smoking over the long term and that these substances are…30 Oct 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I too support the amendment, and I have a question for those who have tabled it, which relates to proposed new subsection (2)(b), saying the product is “not intended to…30 Oct 2025HANSARDDrink-Drive LimitMy Lords, do the Government recognise that young drivers in particular with any alcohol in their bloodstream at all are at greater risk of other dangerous behaviours, such as not…22 Oct 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI welcome the Minister to her role. She introduced this large Bill with admirable clarity. The need to address the mandatory reporting of abuse of children is urgent, but the Bill…16 Oct 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I should advise the House that if Motion 8A is agreed to then I will not be able to put the Question on Motion 8B on the grounds of pre-emption. Motion 8A (as an amendment to the…13 Oct 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I declare my roles in palliative medicine, caring for thousands of dying patients over decades, and in Living and Dying Well. The Bill as written does not improve…19 Sept 2025