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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI agree that palliative care is a very good way to spend NHS resources, to help people live the rest of their lives in as comfortable a way as possible; it is not about…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am grateful for that intervention; it is a very good point. The importance of it is emphasised by one of the points that the noble Lord, Lord Birt, made in his opening remarks:…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI want to pick the noble and learned Lord up on the progress that I thought we had made last week, which he has just confirmed a bit, when he accepted that asking the question was…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThat is extraordinary.23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I thought we were taking the remote contributors first. If we are not, since there are amendments from my noble friend Lord Mackinlay of Richborough to which I have…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will make two brief points. First, I support the important point made by my noble friend Lady Berridge about how we deal with misinformation. In an enlightening…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI again apologise for not being a lawyer. I listened to this very carefully. I think there is a big gap here. The noble and learned Lord talked about the doctor, in effect, giving…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for taking my question at this stage of the debate. I listened very carefully to him when he was setting out his proposals and I welcome the fact…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, in this group of amendments—the two parts of it, if you like—I support the amendment that the noble Baroness, Lady Berger, has brought forward, which sets out that the…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I do not want to unfairly ascribe views to the Minister on behalf of the Government, but, just so I understand this, is she saying that the Labour Government do not have…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, may I ask the Minister something that I do not think is an operational decision but a decision in principle, as mentioned by the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, and does not…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillOn that point, I also got a copy of that letter. It is worth saying that, in the 10-year plan, there is no ambition for high-quality, universal palliative care. It is not there.…23 Jan 2026HANSARDGreat Western Railway: InfrastructureMy Lords—21 Jan 2026HANSARDGreat Western Railway: InfrastructureMy Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, about the quality and care that GWR staff take in looking after their customers, of whom I am one. I take the Minister back…21 Jan 2026HANSARDNorthern Powerhouse RailMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for recognising the success of the trans-Pennine route upgrade—which was, of course, started by the last Conservative Government, when a…19 Jan 2026HANSARDDigital IDMy Lords, the Minister fell into the same trap as his colleague at the other end of the Parliamentary Estate by saying that the digital ID would be free. He may quibble with the…19 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, let my start by picking up the point that was just made by the noble Lord, Lord Winston. We should be plain and simple in saying what is going on. In effect, the Bill’s…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will touch on Amendments 30, 56 and 57, the latter two to which I have attached my name. Before I launch into my arguments, it is, if I may say so, a delight for me to…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am grateful to the noble and learned Lord for once again giving way. Can I just press him on this choice point? Although I do not agree with the Bill, there is an argument to be…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am going to come back once more, because the noble and learned Lord suggested why I was saying what I was saying, which is absolutely not the case. What I am saying is that if…16 Jan 2026