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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMay I check something regarding my Amendment 664? Given that the noble and learned Lord insists that no person will be under any duty to perform or provide for an act under this…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Baroness for this. I am talking about medical professionals, and I am also talking about the moral equivalence. Can she remind me where I exactly said that?27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am just finishing. I will not take interventions. A second reason for the amendment, which would require written opt-in for training for medical and other health and care…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillSomebody who is employed by an agency, or an agency nurse, may not have the whole provision of the text in front of them, and they may not be encouraged to look into the…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble and learned Lord’s Amendment 669A refers to Sections 8(7), 11(9) and 26(2), but that is only for medical practitioners, it is not for other medical professionals. It is…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I would like to introduce my Amendment 664. It is designed to ensure not only that no medical professional is obliged to participate in such training but that, in order…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will speak to my amendments in this group. They aim to tighten the recording rules in Clause 7 and would make them even tighter than the seven-day limit proposed by…27 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, regrets the failure to conduct an impact assessment in relation to Clause 246. Yet, as we have heard, the clause that…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillIt reveals a Government unequal to the great task of governing the nation with which the electorate has entrusted it. I particularly regret it because it brings disgrace to the…25 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillSay we have a medical practitioner who does not, for the reasons the noble and learned Lord has given, want to discuss this. What is to make sure that the person, the organisation…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I would like to follow my noble friend Lord Gove’s able introduction of the series of amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Frost, and add a few words about why…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Moylan and the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, have told us about the uncertainty of the statistical evidence, and indeed the unreliability. That points…20 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, my Amendment 423ZA would limit the application of Clause 208 to those deemed not to have capacity. I have also added my name to Amendment 426C in the name of the noble…18 Mar 2026HANSARDTreaty Scrutiny in Westminster (International Agreements Committee Report)My Lords, I pay tribute to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, for his fair-minded chairmanship, and intellectually able and collegiate steering of our committee. It was…16 Mar 2026HANSARDTreaty Scrutiny in Westminster (International Agreements Committee Report)I did not say we should not take evidence, but simply that we should have a greater diversity of expert witnesses.16 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will add a word to follow my noble friend Lord Goodman’s Amendment 151, in proposing my Amendment 153A. This goes further to stipulate that a medical practitioner may…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMay I just clarify? I think that response was in response to my amendments to Clause 37 for the manufacture of these products. However, Amendment 552B is in respect of the limited…13 Mar 2026