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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have put my name to Amendments 171, 171A, 173, 174 and 174A in this group. The group deals with obligations placed on a registered medical practitioner conducting a…20 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords—18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillBefore the noble Baroness sits down, is she aware that there are no telemedicine abortifacients available in Northern Ireland? It is not lawful.18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, and I have been trying to speak. The noble Baroness has an amendment down. It is not good enough that we are being silenced at a time…18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThere is another distinction that the House may wish to consider: under the Suicide Act, it is not a crime to take your own life, but we are talking about taking the life of an…18 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillDoes the Minister think it is ethical and right to administer drugs that have not been cleared through a normal process and to expedite their use? Surely we have to wait until the…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI accept that, no problem. It would come as a shock if a doctor came to one’s bedside and said, “In these circumstances, you may wish to consider an assisted death”. Experience…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I would like to clarify something that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, said in response to my statement that assisted dying was not something that doctors…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIt has not changed on the Government’s contemporaneous website. If I go to New Zealand, it says that the doctor cannot advise or discuss assisted dying with you unless you ask for…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am saying that it should come before, because Clause 5, as drafted and as the noble and learned Lord read it out to the Committee, says it is to be part of a discussion about…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Baroness for her helpful intervention. There is a further problem. As drafted, there is nothing to prevent any other health professional—a nurse, health visitor…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI accept the noble Baroness’s intervention, but they certainly thought it was a bad idea, and there is further discussion in South Australia about the issue. If I may go on: as…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 150, 156, 166 and 205, to which I have put my name, and in support of other amendments in the group. As drafted, the Bill would permit a…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI just want to ask the Minister about her response to the noble Baroness, Lady Lawlor. She was, I think, saying to the Committee that limiting the places at which you can get the…13 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, Amendment 393A in my name seeks to codify the Supreme Court decision in W(80) which relates to police disciplinary proceedings involving the use of force. The amendment…11 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillAs police ombudsman, I was faced with exactly this problem, and I knew that our criminal proceedings had to be dealt with first. To continue, what we are talking about here is the…11 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, and the noble Baroness, Lady Fraser, for these amendments. There is a very serious issue here, evidenced by the nature of the…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will speak to Amendment 146, tabled in my name and the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Eaton, but before I do so, in the interests of brevity, I say that I support all that has…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI accept that there is a general power in Clause 49 to look at what is happening in relation to the regime, but I say again that there is an issue raised by Amendment 146 which…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, may I just—27 Feb 2026