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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIt is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell of Surbiton, and to say how pleased I am, as I am sure all noble Lords are, that she is very much still with us.…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble Baroness began by asking about my experiences. I do not really want to talk about my personal experiences, except to say that those I have loved have faced a terminal…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI do not think any doctor, any panel or any court would adopt that type of approach to a complicated issue of this sort. They would rely on the judgment of the doctor, who no…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble Baroness makes an important point, because this Bill is concerned with providing choice. Of course there is no mandatory obligation, but, if you are given this…30 Jan 2026HANSARDWater Companies: FinesCan the Minister say whether the directors are paying these fines, as opposed to the consumers, and if not, why not?29 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I share the concerns expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Goodman, and indeed by the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, but I am very doubtful that further…27 Jan 2026HANSARDGreenland: Proposed US TariffsCould the Minister confirm that, under the 1951 agreement between the US, Denmark and Greenland, the United States has considerable existing powers to establish military bases in…19 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, that was a powerful speech, but it really is not the case that all protesters are in the position of Martin Luther King, Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi and the noble…13 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe Minister is making a very powerful case but I ask him to focus on the defences which he has recognised. I do not understand why it is a defence for me to show that I wore a…13 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I did not necessarily agree that the Baroness, Lady Jones, should be mentioned in the same sentence as Martin Luther King and Emmeline Pankhurst—I just wanted to make…13 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe amendments in this group are motivated by understandable concern about the decision of the Supreme Court in the Ziegler case, which is [2021] UKSC 23. The noble Lords, Lord…13 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe Minister responded to the noble Lord, Lord Leigh, and the noble Baroness, Lady Cash, and their understandable concerns about the protests outside the Israeli-owned restaurant…13 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I join the noble Lord, Lord Polak, in thanking my noble friend Lord Walney for all his hard work and leadership in seeking to secure a fairer balance in this context.…13 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillNo, they do not, because the majority vote does not apply to the question of whether a certificate of eligibility applies. There may be a majority vote on other issues; for…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWith great respect, that is not my understanding. The next point I was going to make is that paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 2 answers the very point just made by the noble Baroness.…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, made a very powerful case, if I may say so, for judicial control to provide the independent scrutiny that we all agree is required in some…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIf the noble Baroness reads the Bill, her concern will be addressed. Then we need to look at paragraph 8 of Schedule 2, which tells the commissioner that he or she “may give…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am sorry but, with the greatest respect, the noble Baroness has not listened or read what is in the Bill. If any of the three members is unwise enough to abstain—I agree that it…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble Lord, Lord Gove, asks: how much extra time? The answer surely is that that depends on what progress we make tomorrow and next week. Can I simply say this? There are many…08 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillCan I just point out to the noble Lord, if he will allow me to, that these people were not arrested for expressing a view about Gaza? They were arrested for supporting Palestine…07 Jan 2026