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HANSARDSevere Myalgic EncephalomyelitisMy Lords, I want to make a very short intervention in this debate. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, for introducing a very important debate. As she pointed out, an…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will speak to the main theme of this group, but particularly to Amendment 679 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, which I believe is essential if we…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI think that the noble Baroness will be under no illusion: I am personally against the Bill, because I do not believe in it. But if there is a Bill, we have to have any protection…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have tabled Amendments 540B and 544A in this group. My intention with these amendments is to probe how we have ended up with the list of eligibility criteria for…20 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, if noble Lords in this House do not believe that the noble Baroness, Lady Foster, is giving the answer to a problem that is a reality within our society, then I hope…18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, throughout this debate Northern Ireland has been mentioned, yet not one Member from Northern Ireland has been allowed to speak until now. We have had to force the issue…18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords—18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords—18 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, there are a number of key objectives outlined in the amendments that we have been discussing for some time now, which are worthy of our most serious consideration. I…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am finishing with this quotation, and it is just a couple of sentences: “We also know that when you acquire disability, which most people do … it is absolutely frightening … If…13 Mar 2026HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Redwood. I give my wholehearted support to the fatal amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. In her…12 Mar 2026HANSARDAssisted Dying Legislation: Isle of Man and JerseyMy Lords, before Royal Assent has even been granted to Jersey’s Bill, a Deputy has tabled a Motion calling for assisted dying to be extended to non-terminally ill people with…03 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I follow the noble Baroness in speaking to the issue of the commissioner. The shift from the High Court to a commissioner has been compounded. The Bill originally…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I support Amendments 89, 91, 92, 101 and 103. Surely we need to demonstrate that what we term safeguards in the Bill against voluntarily becoming terminally ill are…06 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, some of us have been sitting through this debate right from the very beginning. Others have come in late and then made certain speeches. I notice that the noble Lord had…02 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, earlier in the debate, the noble Baroness, Lady Jay of Paddington, intervened to say that she could not understand why, having talked so much, we had not actually talked…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI was not speaking against someone being in the room. I am speaking about someone being in the room whenever it is on Zoom or on camera and not in person, because you do not know…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, there are just a few remarks I would like to make. We live in an age where it is hard to get a human to interact with any more. We lift the phone and speak to a voice…30 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I r support Amendment 450 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Foster. Like the noble Baroness, and many others in this Chamber, the legacy of terrorism is not merely…27 Jan 2026