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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI understand the noble and learned Lord’s comments about “reasonably practicable” in relation to this group of amendments. But the Bill actually has “reasonably practicable”…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, this is a really interesting group of amendments, and it has probably raised more questions for me than it has answered. When we talk about injury, I immediately think…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I read this group of amendments with a lot of interest, in terms of whether a different way would be possible. I thank my noble friend for tabling them. I agree with the…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy apologies for intervening, but my noble friend mentioned the number of people who access palliative care. The state of New South Wales promised £743 million in extra funding…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, in other groups last week, I covered issues of why I was concerned about people requesting assisted suicide because they feel like a burden, so I will not seek to…23 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I thank everyone who has taken part in the debate today. I will not seek to sum up because I know we have a heavy schedule of business, but I think I am right in saying…21 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, Amendment 90 in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, seeks to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the barriers…21 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill21 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, thank you. If there is one place where language matters, it is in the Bill before us. As a young disabled person, I used to interchangeably use “person with a…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I feel a sense of disquiet listening to the noble and learned Lord’s response, especially when he talked about privilege. I have a huge amount of privilege in my life.…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Harper; when he was a Minister, we had many interesting discussions, although they were possibly not as…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I shall speak to three amendments in this group—Amendment 38, in the name of my noble friend Lady O’Loan, to which my name is attached, and Amendments 39 and 68.…16 Jan 2026HANSARDRare Cancers BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Elliott of Whitburn Bay, for bringing this Bill to the Chamber today and I pay tribute to two Members who are no longer with us,…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillOh, absolutely: I think pressure is something incredibly important that we have to assess. Certainly, from the huge number of disabled people I have spoken to, pressure comes in…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I speak to Amendment 67 in my name, in which I have sought to bring back the role of the High Court judge. The complexity of this group of amendments is shown here, but…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have five amendments in this group and I beg noble Lords’ indulgence—I will get through them as quickly as I possibly can. I have tabled Amendments 179, 182 and 185…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, when this was debated in another place, that argument was made, and the Association for Palliative Medicine wrote formally to correct the record. In the statement, the…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 22, 24, 30C, 308, 347 and 458. I tabled these amendments after looking at data from other jurisdictions and listening to debates in another…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Lord; I will cover that later in my summing up, if that is okay, but I will come to back it. What happens in other jurisdictions makes it really difficult for…12 Dec 2025