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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I seek a cast-iron assurance from the Government Whip that those of us whose speeches will be delayed till next Friday are recorded by the Government and will be allowed…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 320B and three others in my name in this group. The first clinical gateway in this Bill is the most important moment any of us will ever…30 Jan 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, following the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, we seem to be in the extraordinary position where the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, has now brought…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I am very concerned by my noble friend Lord Harper’s amendment to extend the Bill’s definition of terminal illness to include simply the one word, “injuries”. I agree…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am another Member who had not intended to say a single word on whether the clause should stand part; I am rather relaxed about it. The Government Whips must blame their noble…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am grateful to the noble and learned Lord. I acknowledge that he has accepted that something else needs to be added to the Bill, possibly along the lines that I was suggesting.…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIf I heard the noble Lord correctly, he said that anyone going to A&E gets a navigator. He was challenged by the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, but he did not hear her question. She…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I was delighted to hear the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, hit every nail on the head of everything that is wrong with the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will speak relatively briefly to the amendments in this group. I degrouped them for a technical reason. They are quite narrowly drawn. I know there is a group coming…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI realise that I should not have said that. When I spoke to my amendment 1, I meant Amendment 39A. I shall rephrase that: my Amendment 39A would remove ambiguity and speed…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will move my Amendment 39A and speak to my Amendments 238B and 553G. The purpose of Amendment 39A is to require that the patient’s understanding is demonstrable, not…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, this may be a convenient point to speak to two amendments in my name in this group. My Amendment 320ZA complements Amendments 39B and 39C, which I briefly touched on in…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThis has been another interesting debate. Possibly more important than the speeches that we all made at the beginning has been the last 40 minutes of real debate and interchange…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I think that the noble and learned Lord is utterly wrong in his last pronouncement. Misery should not be a reason for an assisted death. The misery might be able to be…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI think that I will have to check the record, as I firmly remember the noble and learned Lord using the word “possible”; it will be “possible” to discuss this. I think that most…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill23 Jan 2026HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I commend the very wise words of the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, and support the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, in this important amendment. I should say first that I respect…21 Jan 2026HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Glue Traps) Regulations 2025My Lords, I will speak briefly. First, I commiserate and congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Katz, because, for the past two months, he has sat diligently on the Government Front…21 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am grateful to noble Lords and the Minister for speaking in this short but important little debate on cycling. I am particularly grateful to my noble friends Lord Goschen and…20 Jan 2026