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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I welcome what the noble and learned Lord has just said, which I am sure will be welcome to most Members of the Committee. Amendment 25 stands in my name and those of my…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will speak very briefly in relation to Amendments 186, 251 and 380, all of which were tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, and two of which are…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to everybody who has taken part in this debate. I hope your Lordships would agree that, although this debate has taken over three hours, it has been…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI do not want to take up unnecessary time, but the purpose of the judges’ role is to receive the evidence relevant to the issue under consideration. There are many tribunals, such…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am very grateful to the noble Lord. If he just looks again at paragraph 5 of Schedule 2, it may be that there is a wholesale ambiguity. Sub-paragraph (2) says: “Decisions of a…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Mohammed, for namechecking me earlier, particularly in the same sentence as my noble friend Lord Pannick. I have the unenviable…08 Jan 2026HANSARDComputer-generated Child Sexual Abuse MaterialTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to protect children in private messaging spaces from the prevalence of computer-generated child sexual abuse material.07 Jan 2026HANSARDComputer-generated Child Sexual Abuse MaterialDoes the Minister agree that much of the responsibility for making Section 121 of the Online Safety Act effective lies with Ofcom? Will he confirm that the Government expect Ofcom…07 Jan 2026HANSARDJimmy Lai ConvictionReturning to the question of the judges, will the Minister be a little bolder in the light of the clear death of the rule of law in Hong Kong? The continued membership of six…17 Dec 2025HANSARDSydney Terrorist AttackDoes the Minister agree that urgent steps should be taken to protect our national security and society by ensuring that those who disseminate antisemitic ideas—and, indeed, other…15 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I agree with my noble friend Lord Pannick. The concept of residence is clearly understood. I recommend to the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, that he might need a criminal…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWould the noble Baroness, for whom I have a great deal of respect, consider whether she is really adding anything at all to the debate by continuing? We can read her amendments;…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI hesitate to interrupt my noble and learned friend, whom I regard as being of almost biblical correctness in almost everything. If she were to take a look at the NHS tool that I…05 Dec 2025HANSARDChildren: Age Verification and Virtual Private NetworksOn the Radio 4 “Today” programme this morning, Ofcom admitted that none of the three fines levied so far has been paid. Is it not right that Ofcom should be encouraged to take…04 Dec 2025HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Supreme Court JudgmentMy Lords—27 Nov 2025HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Supreme Court JudgmentDoes the Minister agree that the current unclarity arises not from the judgment of the Supreme Court but from the rushed and muddled unclarity of the code provided by the EHRC?…27 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillBefore the noble Baroness sits down, I have great admiration for her, but I and many others resent her waving her hands at us. The reason we wish to have the sorts of discussions…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, in a group such as this, which has so many conceptual, linguistic and semantic alternatives on offer, it is very difficult to see how a Committee stage such as this is…21 Nov 2025