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HANSARDTerminally 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 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I want to make two points about whether these consultations should be face to face. First, I remind the Committee of the General Medical Council’s remote consultation…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will add only a very short sentence to my noble friend’s excellent speech, and it is what AI says about AI. It says: “AI is technically capable of providing advice or…30 Jan 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, will the Chief Whip protect the House from what I see as double standards? Yesterday we received the in terrorem declaration from the noble and learned Lord the sponsor…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWell, there we are: we know that the noble Lord adheres to the cab rank rule. We have heard three very cogent speeches from the noble Lords, Lord Frost, Lord Carter and Lord…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I return us to Amendment 829, to which I put my name and which was moved by the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst. I added my name because I share experience with the noble…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I would never stand in the way of a colleague who has a trial. I hope it is an important trial that will improve general knowledge.30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI do not agree with the noble Baroness, much as I admire her contributions to this House. I believe that, as a legal concept, what I am suggesting is absolutely clear and could be…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Birt was, of course, perfectly entitled to refuse my attempt to intervene in his speech. I am, however, disappointed that he chose to defy the…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI do not think there is much difference between what I am saying and what my noble friend is saying. I am saying that, if this law is passed, people should be able to obtain…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Carter; I did not see him behind me. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, has been using the phrase “informed consent”—23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I put my name to the amendments of the noble Baroness, Lady Berger, and I will not repeat what she said. She opened the debate on these amendments with superb clarity,…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble and learned Lord has been using the phrases “informed consent” and “informed wish” as though they are definitely synonyms. I just wonder why we do not se “consent” with…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, as a former, if somewhat historic, member of the General Medical Council, I can confirm that the GMC has no guidance relating to ending someone’s life because it is, at…23 Jan 2026HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, in supporting my noble friend Lady Deech’s amendment, I of course recognise the very considerable and determined efforts of my noble friend Lord Verdirame, who sought to…21 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will intervene only once more. It seems to be fundamentally necessary that, if an amendment is passed on Report that changes something put in the Bill by the sponsor, who has…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI apologise for interrupting the Minister, who is being extremely helpful, but one point needs to be clarified as a result of what she just said. I understood the Government to…16 Jan 2026