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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, contrary to Amendment 129, I think that the Bill gets it right in requiring, at Clause 4(3), that the voluntary assisted dying commissioner must hold or have held office…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as chair of Cancer Research UK. Given that smoking continues to be the single biggest cause of cancer, it will not be a surprise that I oppose the…24 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as chair of King’s College London. I think that there is a welcome consensus that the UK should aim for self-sufficiency in the production of new…23 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillIs it the noble Lord’s understanding that there would be the opportunity for creep as is currently set out in the Bill? For example, if Queen Mary University of London wished to…12 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillI want to come in on the point about whether or not the UK Government would lack the ability to control the expansion of international places in the grandfathered campuses. Is it…12 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillMy Lords, to help the Committee to assess the need for this further report that the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, just set out, it would be helpful if we could hear from the Minister…12 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillMy Lords, I repeat my declarations of interest from Second Reading as chair of King’s College London and chair of Cancer Research UK, and as an honorary fellow of the Royal…12 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillOne objective proposition that has been suggested is two years of NHS experience, which, it is said, would be readily trackable on Oriel. Can the Minister confirm whether that…12 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillMy Lords, I speak in support of the thrust of the amendments in this group. I start by acknowledging the concern that I think is animating the Government on this point, which is…12 Feb 2026HANSARDMedical Training (Prioritisation) BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of General Practitioners, and as chair of the council of King’s…04 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillEssentially, I agree with the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Hereford. I could almost leave it there, but I will briefly say, in the spirit of the amendments, that the…30 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I speak specifically against Amendment 771, which would require the Secretary of State to establish an assisted dying help service as part of the National Health…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillAs the noble Lord will well know, the ethical principle of the doctrine of double effect is in place there. There is no doctrine of double effect associated with assisted dying;…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMay I pursue the important point that the noble Lord is making? The Minister for Care, Stephen Kinnock, was before a Commons Select Committee on this very point that the noble…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillOn that very point, the noble and learned Lord’s Bill, at Clause 41(4), does indeed propose that an interpretation will be imposed on Section 1(1) of the 2006 Act, suggesting that…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillCould I pursue that point and connect it with the question from the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay? It is very important that we clarify this for the benefit of the medical…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThat was indeed my question.23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I too support the idea that this Bill needs extra time. It is entirely unsurprising that that is the case given that, notwithstanding the fact that it is a Private…08 Jan 2026HANSARDIsrael: TradeMy Lords, compared with some of the big debates facing us around phase 2 of the Middle East peace process, the urgent need to get reconstruction going in Gaza, and the Iranian…08 Jan 2026HANSARDBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction BillMy Lords, I, too, welcome the noble Lord, Lord Whitehead, as the new Minister. I particularly agree with his comment on the excellence of the National Oceanography Centre in…02 Dec 2025