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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 21, tabled in my name, from personal experience. The richness of the debate today shows that, even in your Lordships’ Chamber, we all have…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe comments made by my noble friend Lady Gerada explaining the team-based approach seem very sensible in terms of providing that continuity of care. I am very lucky that I see…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for this thoughtful and considered debate. As ever in your Lordships’ Chamber, the debate did not go quite the way I was expecting. This has been…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I originally requested that later amendments that I have on disability language, as defined under the Equality Act, be moved into this group, but they were not. I think…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, my Amendments 13 and 309 are probing amendments. I recognise that the 60 months and the 12 months in my two amendments do not quite tally, but they were tabled at quite…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI would not be able to accept the amendment as tabled because I have numerous other amendments on disability, language, BSL, different levels of interpretation and Makaton that…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThis partly follows on from the comments of the noble Baroness, Lady Fox. The noble and learned Lord mentioned in his previous answer to one of my amendments that the doctors…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillSo, the two doctors could ask an entirely different set of questions to each person who is requesting to end their life?21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have three amendments in this group—Amendments 52, 58 and 181—which seek to explore coercion and ensure that people are free from undue influence, including social,…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I declare my interests in this debate: I chair Sport Wales, which is an arm’s-length body of the Welsh Government; I am the president of the LGA; and I am a director of…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Baroness. At the Lady Mayor’s parade, a member of the public introduced himself and told me that this is what he was doing. We agreed to disagree on the outcome…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble Baroness mentioned that the role of Ministers is to ensure that the Bill is legally robust, effective and workable, but surely safety has to play some part in that as…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, may I clarify that? I have just checked the information. My noble friend is correct in what she says, in that the support was 50:50, but the majority of…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, there is probably one thing we can all agree on today: everyone’s frustration with the process of evidence giving. I was hugely frustrated when the committee in another…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 34 in the name of the noble Earl, Lord Russell, to which I and the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, have added our names. I declare an…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I shall speak on Amendments 13 to 15. I apologise for not adding my name to Amendments 139 and 140, but I strongly support them. I added my name to this group of…30 Oct 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I shall speak very briefly to Amendment 193, to which my name is added. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, for explaining its aim so well. I also support…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 107 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Addington. I declare that I am chair of Sport Wales and president of the Local Government Association. The…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I rise very briefly to support the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Borwick. I am absolutely delighted that he has tabled it. As a disabled person, I have…22 Oct 2025