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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Amendment 178A would require that those who are seeking assisted suicide are referred to a consultant physician in palliative medicine, who will assess them fully and draw up a…09 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I support the general aims of these amendments. I am broadly sympathetic to the group and I agree with the need to address the problem of honour-based abuse…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I will say a few words in support of the amendment. I agree with the difficulty of categorising alarm in the same manner as harassment and distress. Harassment and…17 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThese things can happen, but we should have a process or an alternative mechanism. I am not going to deal with exceptional cases. My GP is still in situ, and I can see my GP when…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, the noble and learned Lord thought that it was ludicrous that a patient would see the same doctor. Is it ludicrous, in his view, that, on average, 3.5% of consultations…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI beg the Minister’s pardon but she is referring to my Amendments 30B, 265A and 443A, not those of the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins.12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Baroness for her question, but I would like to press on. There are other GPs who want to see the same patients; they want to build up the patient relationship…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 30B, 220 and 265A in my name. They share the aim of other amendments in this group to ensure that the GP knows and has looked after the person…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIf there are on average 3.5 consultations a year face to face, with calls and so on bringing it up to 8.7, it would not necessarily make for additional unnecessary appointments…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Lord. I hope to come to deal with that question. By contrast, all the Bill requires is the involvement of two doctors, neither of whom needs to be at the…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord for his intervention, for which I am very grateful. I point out first that I think that many noble Lords feel there is a very great…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble and learned Baroness, but I have a few points to add to the discussion.05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI hope that noble Lords will show the customary courtesy, particularly with regard to views to which they have objections.05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Baroness for her question, and I certainly will consider it, but I think it is important that we have a discussion about what I regard as a compromise Motion,…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, for his intervention. I recall one of my first horrific experiences in your Lordships’ Chamber when I sat on those Benches. We were speaking…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Blackstone, for that intervention, and I am going to my point. I think it is important to the whole argument to recall the various arguments; I am…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Baroness for her intervention.05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, up to the age of 25, people often struggle to grasp that death is irreversible. They understand in notional terms the point that death ends a person’s life on earth, but…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I would like to refer to Amendment 6 from the noble and learned Lord the sponsor of the Bill, because I have concerns with it. In inserting the words “has a preliminary…05 Dec 2025