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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWould the noble Baroness accept that could have been even more so than if her father, or my husband, were at home all day without any medical or nursing staff around them? These…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I was not able to be here this morning; many noble Lords will know that I spend much of the mornings, most days, in a care home—very often two or three times a day. My…06 Feb 2026HANSARDChina: Jimmy LaiI thank my noble friend the Minister for her Answer. She mentioned the Prime Minister’s visit to China, which followed the granting of planning permission for the Chinese embassy.…02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina: Jimmy LaiI am delighted to be the first to be called by the new Lord Speaker to beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper.02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina: Jimmy LaiTo ask His Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of China to seek the release and return to the United Kingdom of Jimmy Lai, a British citizen.02 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble Lord would have had a whole department and civil servants behind him at that time.30 Jan 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Tope, and my noble friend Lord Pitkeathley, I have added my name to Amendment 72 and the others already spoken to by my noble friend Lord…29 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillDoes the noble Baroness agree that, if we do not pass the Bill, people will continue to self-administer drugs that they obtain from who knows where or, as some of us know, hang…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillCan I put it on record that I am not shaking my head? I think it was made clear that the power of attorney could not be used for this purpose.23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will speak, given that we are going to continue until 5.30 pm and the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, has mentioned me. The problem with removing the word “dying” is that it…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThat is exactly because it will take people who are not dying. This is not what this Bill does.16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWhile that is absolutely a legitimate thing to discuss, and I would always defer to doctors on that, it makes no difference to this part of the argument of whether we call it…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, given the number of questions that have been put to the Minister—and, indeed, to my noble and learned friend and to the mover of this amendment—I wonder whether it might…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will take the advice of the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, and now get rid of what I was going to say, because the noble Lord, Lord Markham, has said most of it.…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe mover of the original Bill, as well as the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, have written to all Members to say that their door is open, offering to discuss a way…08 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 350 in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, Amendment 416B in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Ashcombe, and…15 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillBefore my noble friend goes on to the issues that will come under the strategy, can he confirm whether, if anything is agreed along any of these lines, separate legislation will…15 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillDoes the noble Baroness accept—because she has been quoting some of the evidence given to the Select Committee of which I was a member—that the committee was not able to hear…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, the people we are talking about are dying, in suffering and in pain. They are not being offered; they are going to be asking. I think of a 23 or 24 year-old in pain and…05 Dec 2025HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Supreme Court JudgmentMy Lords—27 Nov 2025