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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I tabled Amendment 20 and I have put my name to Amendment 220, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Foster, who is not able to be here today. I am sympathetic to…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have put my name to Amendments 22 and 24 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, and support the other amendments in this group, which relate to the…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her intervention. It is of course the case that the Select Committee was very truncated in its ability to hear evidence. That was a…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Baroness for her intervention. I also want to raise the risk of domestic abuse, which is much higher during pregnancy. The Maternal Mental Health Alliance says…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI cannot comment on the deliberations of the committee. I think there are others here who possibly can.12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Baroness for her intervention, which is very helpful. All I was trying to say is that we are aware of many situations in which people are subject to coercion and…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have put my name to Amendment 16. I also support Amendments 16A, 114 and 114A because the very general definition in Clause 1 of a terminally ill adult who has the…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, could the noble and learned Baroness possibly accept that there are situations in which patients either cannot get access to GPs or, when they do get access to GPs, have…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, it is very regrettable that the noble Lord had a patient in an abortion situation. We are not, in this group, discussing the doctor’s wishes or otherwise and his views…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI remind the noble Baroness that we are talking about people who are terminally ill, not the general population.12 Dec 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles: Operation KenovaMy Lords, I served on the steering group for Operation Kenova. The Secretary of State said yesterday of the NCND policy that “in a small number of cases it has been set aside for…10 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, could the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, clarify for me the impact of Amendment 290 and whether it deals with matters of coercive control and economic abuse…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe definition of economic abuse in the Domestic Abuse Act is limited to actions that will prevent the person getting money or being able to spend money, if I remember correctly.…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, these amendments seek to prevent and/or identify coercive behaviours and pressure which may fall short of coercion, and situations in which vulnerable people may be…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI do not want to interrupt the noble Lord for very long. I just wanted to ask him this: is he aware that this House has the right to reject this Bill should it choose to do so? It…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI have a very quick question. I cannot find in the Bill the powers that would allow the doctors to carry out the investigation to which the noble and learned Lord has repeatedly…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I declare my registered interest as a trustee of St John & St Elizabeth Hospital in London. The first clause sets the tone for the rest of the Bill. It has so many…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness has told us a very sad story about her brother, but it really is not on the issue that I am speaking of today. It is, of course, the case that…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, under the Mental Capacity Act, the decision is not made by one individual; the Mental Capacity Act provides for decision-making, which includes the experiences of…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI say to the Minister that we are talking about four days. The general public know that a sitting Friday lasts from 10 am to 3 pm. People have made arrangements accordingly, and…14 Nov 2025