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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am slightly incredulous about this, so I am just going to make sure I understand the noble and learned Lord correctly. As we also heard earlier from the noble Baroness, Lady…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am very grateful to the noble and learned Baroness and, of course, I defer to her knowledge of the law. The point I am making, which I think is the same point, is that we should…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMay I just check: is the noble Lord, Lord Markham, really saying that he wants it to be open so that a lasting power of attorney could be used by somebody else to seek the death…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will speak to two blocks of amendments in this group. Before I turn to that, I just want to pick up on the points that my noble friend Lord Deben made. I strongly…16 Jan 2026HANSARDExercise Pegasus 2025My Lords, the next threat that faces the country is unlikely to be the same as the last one. What lessons have the Government learned about making sure that Ministers can assess…15 Jan 2026HANSARDBoarding of Sanctioned VesselsMy Lords, the Minister referred to the legal basis for these actions. Can he confirm that the Government have used the powers in the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act? Have…14 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillVery briefly, in the spirit of trying to be helpful, and in answering my noble friend Lord Attlee, one of the things that was very helpful in my time at the Department for…13 Jan 2026HANSARDUkraine and Wider Operational UpdateMy Lords, to take the Minister back to the question of resources, he will be aware that the Chief of the Defence Staff gave evidence to a Select Committee this afternoon and…12 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, the flaw in that argument is that not all of the questions for the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, and the Minister have been asked. If they answered some of them…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThat is very good. I am glad that the noble Lord has confirmed that the Minister will respond; I look forward to her doing so. My final point concerns whether the Bill’s sponsors…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillNo, I am sorry, there is no requirement in the Companion that you can speak in a debate only if you have tabled an amendment. If we want to finish at 3 o’clock, we can either go…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am aware of that. I want to know whether it will contain detailed costings for the court process. Obviously, I do not know what the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, is…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillOn that point, briefly, the Minister made the point about making available the resources to deliver what would be in the Bill. The question I asked her, which the Whip on the…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I just want to make one point—09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillBefore the Minister concludes, she has obviously inadvertently omitted to answer the important question that both my noble friend Lord Gove and I asked. This is a resources…09 Jan 2026HANSARDBuses: Safety and SecurityMy Lords, can I take the Minister back to the Question asked by the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon? My understanding is that officials in his department, in conjunction with the…08 Jan 2026HANSARDAgricultural Property Relief and Business Property ReliefMy Lords, my noble friend on the Front Bench made it very clear that farmers had to campaign long and hard to get this necessary change, and it happened at the very last minute. A…06 Jan 2026HANSARDDefence SpendingMy Lords, the defence industry will judge the Government not by the promises they have made—which the Chief of the Defence Staff welcomed, as the Minister mentioned—but on what…06 Jan 2026HANSARDNHS: Winter PreparednessMy Lords, can I press the Minister a little on the reasons why NHS staff are reluctant to get vaccinated? The noble Lord, Lord Scriven, drew attention to the very low vaccination…16 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—12 Dec 2025