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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am the son of a general practitioner who, by the way, was not any old general practitioner. Even the noble Baroness, Lady Gerada, knows that the skills of general practitioners…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I speak as a signatory of Amendment 189 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Fraser. I am strongly in favour of it for reasons that I will explain briefly. I am not a…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy answer to that is that they jolly well should be. I do not see at all that that is a point against the argument I am making. I would say exactly what I am saying in relation to…27 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland After Brexit (Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Report)My Lords, I will give a short wind up, because we have had a very full debate and I am very grateful to all those who have spoken. I start, however, by correcting an earlier…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland After Brexit (Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Report)I apologise for intervening again, but will the Minister agree to meet me to discuss a way in which EUR-Lex change can be incorporated in the one-stop shop, possibly including…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland After Brexit (Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Report)My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, has pulled out of the debate because she has a Motion in the Chamber. It is a great privilege to chair the Northern Ireland Scrutiny…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland After Brexit (Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Report)I apologise for interrupting the Minister. Is she saying that something better than EUR-Lex will be part of the one-stop shop, and that legal problems will therefore be solvable…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland After Brexit (Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Report)I was just dealing with some points about the one-stop shop that our colleague the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, had raised. First, the one-stop shop really must emphasise…25 Mar 2026HANSARDFuel Supplies: War in IranMy Lords, I declare my interest as part of a consultancy that provides geopolitics analysis to the Government of Qatar. Does the Minister agree that the continuity of fuel…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland After Brexit (Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Report)That the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Northern Ireland after Brexit: Strengthening Northern Ireland’s voice in the context…25 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, as a former member of another place who represented 2,900 square miles of Wales, I have the feeling that we are getting into a horrible conceptual muddle in this debate.…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, “All’s Well That Ends Well”, and it is always a pleasure to follow such a story, particularly as it is the story of someone who told it to your Lordships himself. I put…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillHas the noble Lord noted that Clause 42(1) and (3) have identical wording? Both the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers “may by regulations make provision about voluntary…20 Mar 2026HANSARDSecurity UpdateMy Lords, some years ago, while in China with a British university, somebody happened to mention to our hosts that I had been the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation for…04 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI have listened to two and a quarter hours of debate on this group. I was not really intending to speak, but I am afraid I cannot resist an “I told you so” moment. I am speaking…27 Feb 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia and British Indian Ocean TerritoryDoes the Minister agree that the imperative about what happens to the base is the national security of our country, not only for those of us in our generation but for the…26 Feb 2026HANSARDEquality and Human Rights CommissionThe Minister will be aware that organisations such as the Women’s Institute and Girlguiding have described their current difficulties arising from the draft code as costly and…26 Feb 2026HANSARDEquality and Human Rights CommissionMy Lords—26 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I signed the noble and learned Lord’s amendment, and I thank him very much for introducing it. In my view, it is a very important amendment. Noble Lords who have seen a…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will raise a practical problem, which I urge the noble and learned Lord to address, in connection with care homes and nursing homes. The problem has been drawn to my…06 Feb 2026