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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I wanted to say, as I have several times pointed out, that one reason why this Bill has taken so long is that the proponents have not been willing to make some of the…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe fact is that none of the organisations that will have to carry this through have no objections to the Bill. They have asked us to try to change the Bill so that they can do…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI have some sympathy with the noble Baroness. She is very fortunate with the care home her husband is in, as is he. For many years, I represented the constituency that had perhaps…06 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I am hoping that I am going to help the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, and I am sure he will be pleased with that help. We have been discussing some fundamental…06 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I declare a historic connection with the water industry in the sense that I was the chairman of a water-only company more than 10 years ago, but it means I know a bit…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillOn the personal attack, Mr Polanski is the leader of a party. If he cannot be referred to in this House, I wonder what on earth we are coming to.05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am sorry, the second part of the noble Baroness’s comments are ones she makes about everybody who is in the private sector. That is what she thinks about the private sector and…05 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I come back to the idea of having an inquiry and a report. I do not quite understand why the noble and learned Lord does not feel that it is much more sensible for us to…30 Jan 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessI was not going to intervene, but the reason that we are here is, to be frank, that we have received no answers on any of the points raised by the proposers of the Bill. We have…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI come to this amendment with a good deal of suspicion. I am always worried when the House of Lords decides that it is getting worried about some new thing that is coming along,…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will not take it, therefore, as I did on the occasion when she mentioned it. What I want to say to the Committee is simply this: many people in many institutions will be tempted…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I think that we can clear quite a number of these things away by taking one central issue. The big problem about being in government is that it is not a single issue…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, this is the point where we come to the heart of the reason why I find this Bill so difficult. I know what sort of society I have spent my life trying to produce and work…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillTo clarify one issue, the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson, suggested that the Government should answer the question about whether they believe that these circumstances are covered. The…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am perfectly happy to accept the intervention, but I understand why the noble Lord, Lord Birt, did not accept any intervention, as he might have found it difficult to answer the…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am sorry if I misled my noble friend. I merely meant that you can believe in the individual but you have to believe in the individual in a society, and you cannot take the…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, we have asked the Minister on several occasions to give us the information that I think the Government still need to give us: what is the cost of doing these things? The…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI agree with everything that the noble Baroness said. That is not what I was saying. I was saying that many people, in seeking to get the Bill through, are not facing up to the…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble and learned Lord really must accept that there is a problem with this being a Private Member’s Bill. He can say what he likes about the Bill, and I acknowledge and…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI accept that very much from the noble and learned Lord. The question I asked, because I think it important, is for the Government to say what the legal situation is, which they…23 Jan 2026