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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe patient could say, if capable of action after having woken up from taking the poison, “I want more poison, give me some”. If that happened, what would the doctor’s duty be?23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I support the point about lasting power of attorney that the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, has made and the noble Lord, Lord Harper, has reinforced, but I also want to…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I find it strange that the noble Baroness, Lady Royall, should be making the argument that the word “dying” tells us all that we need to know. If that were so, we would…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am grateful to the noble Lord. As I said, I will come on to the amendment soon, but I want to emphasise this point because I think that it matters a lot in this debate and will…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I support these amendments, particularly those relating to prisoners and, indeed, what the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, so eloquently expressed. Just before I do, I will…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I support the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady Berger. It is reasonable to have these considerations about the different ways people think and feel at different…05 Dec 2025HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) (No. 2) Regulations 2025I do not want to detain your Lordships’ House, and the speeches already made by several noble Lords are very much to the point. I should declare an interest as a long-serving…02 Dec 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseMy Lords, like most speakers so far, I welcome the Minister’s tone in this matter. It is a change of tone, because in the past, so often, the Government have used word…18 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget: Press BriefingsMy Lords, may I ask the Minister a question as a journalist? I wonder what happened to Budget purdah. For years, we journalists could never get anything out of the Treasury before…18 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I could not possibly attempt to compete with the forensic skill of the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, which is so impressive. I simply want to add to…19 Sept 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I have attended all stages of this Bill and collected a strong sense that the Government have seen it as something which it is not. They have regarded it as a tidying-up…21 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillCan I ask the noble Baroness something? The most important reform that ever took place in the House of Lords was caused by the threat of the Liberal Government to create hundreds…09 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I put my name to the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Roberts, and I did so because although it seems like a small point, it is part of a bigger point. I am…02 Jul 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I warmly endorse the amendment and the speeches by the noble Baroness, Lady Blackstone, and the right reverend Prelate. I briefly invite your Lordships to make a…11 Jun 2025HANSARDLandmines and Cluster MunitionsMy Lords, I should declare an interest as a senior fellow of Policy Exchange, which has produced very interesting material on all this; of course, the noble Lord, Lord Godson, is…03 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I very much endorse what the right reverend Prelate said in his—to use a religious word—irenic speech, which I hope will help. I think we all want to address this…01 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Newspapers and News Magazines: Foreign State Investment FundsMy Lords, I declare an interest as a Telegraph employee. I regret the way the Minister appears to be just reading out the same answer. It is important in a news business that we…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I must say that I am a little distressed to hear from Conservative Benches the nature of this criticism of the Bishops. It is unfortunate. I understand, however, that…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillForgive me; I end by saying that, if only the Government could apply the wise restraint they show on the matter of the Bishops to the very similar position of the hereditary…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, on the eloquence of her speech. But she put forward a point of view about this House that I think is mistaken when she…10 Mar 2025