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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, before I speak to my Amendments 300A and 306A, let me just pick up, briefly, a couple of issues that have been raised in the debate. First, I was very pleased that the…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI do not think that is the experience of the National Health Service. There is a whole cadre of staff—the overseas visitors managers—who deal with people who are trying to access…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I want briefly to respond to a point made earlier in the debate by the noble Lord, Lord Winston, whose medical expertise I respect greatly. He quoted a comment from…05 Dec 2025HANSARDNHS Industrial ActionMy Lords, I listened very carefully to the excellent question from the noble Lord, Lord Spellar, but I was astounded by the Minister’s answer. I think I heard correctly that she…02 Dec 2025HANSARDForthcoming Fiscal ChangesMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Fox, simply asked whether the Minister could rule out doing harm in the Budget—he did not ask about lots of specific measures—so let me ask him…25 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI will be the bad cop here and then potentially my noble friend can be the good cop, if he wants to. I have two questions for the Minister. First, can he confirm that all the data…24 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillIt is not that unfair to say that he may not carry on being the Minister for ever; indeed, he may not want to be the Minister for ever. He has another piece of legislation on…24 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Jackson’s Motion for several reasons. The first is that he set out a compelling case for why this data should be both collected, if it is…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIt is directly relevant to the amendment that we are discussing, if the noble and learned Lord will forgive me. I am coming back to what the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, said about…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I support the thrust of the amendments in this group, but first, I want to say a word or two on one of the issues that has come up in this morning’s debate. I hope the…21 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyMy Lords, there is not a word of the Prime Minister’s foreword to this Statement that was not true on the day that he became Prime Minister. It is welcome that the Government have…20 Nov 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as a non-executive chair of RVL Aviation. I too congratulate the right reverend Prelate on his excellent maiden speech. Before he started speaking,…20 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice ReformMy Lords, I very much welcome the introduction of powers going to mayors where there are mayors. That remains the democratic accountability. Can I ask the Minister to think again…18 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget: Press BriefingsMy Lords, it is not good enough for the Minister to talk just about speculation, as his colleague did in the House of Commons. This comment was driven, first, by the Chancellor’s…18 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillLet me ask him the question.14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am happy to answer. I do not know how many did. My understanding is that the royal college, whatever its decision-making processes are, has publicly said that it does not think…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am going to finish very quickly if you do not interrupt me. The time limit is very clear, and I am going to stick to it, but I am finishing my point. I was coming to the end of…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillHe said he did not really understand my question. If we set out in the Bill some of the details he currently envisages are in regulations and therefore the House decides on them…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—14 Nov 2025