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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, I was a Member of the House when we looked at the original Bill introduced by the late Lord Joffe in 2004. I have also been Leader…24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillTo add to what the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, said, I very much dislike the death notices, for example, which refer to people having put up a great fight or having failed to deal…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, it seems to have become a regular feature of these Committee sittings that the noble Lord, Lord Deben, and I disagree—but I think we disagree with courtesy, and I hope…13 Mar 2026HANSARDAssisted Dying Legislation: Isle of Man and JerseyMy Lords, notwithstanding the Government’s determined position of neutrality, which the Minister has rightly said she has repeated many times, would she not accept that, once…03 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I know I am out of order because I was not here at the beginning of the debate on this amendment, but I feel it is important to say to the noble Lord that I was not…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am going to continue with this point, because it is a general point that there has been very limited discussion on the amendments since I have come into the House.27 Feb 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, I think this is relevant to the points that have been made. If we did consider this Bill again under the Parliament Act, the amendments that this House had passed in…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I wonder whether the House will listen to the point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Gerada, which is that she is probably the only person in the House—and certainly the…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, does the noble Lord agree with me that one of the international facts that supports entirely the position he is taking is that, in the now 33 jurisdictions where…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I was only going to say to the noble Lord that, as I am sure he will remember, I too was a member of those earlier Select Committees. I am sure in that context he will…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I must respond to that. I certainly did not accuse the noble Lord of being patronising. I said that I thought there were difficulties in health policy when we accepted…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI wonder whether the noble Lord would accept the actual evidence of one member of the medical profession who gave evidence to the Select Committee. She reflected many of the…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI do not back away from the phrase “heavily criticised”. I cannot believe that anybody in this House who has at least absorbed some of the media coverage of these debates has not…08 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I was one of the signatories to the email that the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, referred to. I was very happy to do that, because although I of course…08 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI hesitate to argue with the noble Lord, but I am trying to make the points about the value of the reputation of this House, specifically in relation to this particular subject—on…08 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillCan I ask the noble Lord, having cited the doctor Michael Mulholland as a great authority in relation to his evidence to the Select Committee, whether he also accepts what Dr…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I of course enormously respect the experience of the noble and learned Baroness and her ability to make these judgments. I am sorry that she had to sit until 1 am. But…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lady Thornton for raising the question of other countries. Some of us here have sat on Select Committees on this subject over a large…14 Nov 2025HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I join all other noble Lords who have spoken in warmly congratulating my noble and learned friend Lord Hermer and my noble friend Lord Khan on their government…23 Jul 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I follow other noble Lords, in welcoming and supporting the measures to reduce smoking, but like the right reverend Prelate, I am most concerned this afternoon about the…09 Nov 2023