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HANSARDEmergency AdrenalineMy Lords, I was a little unhappy with the answer to the question from the noble Lord, Lord Patel. My understanding, having seen medical students being given injections of…15 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. I just wonder what he feels a GP should do in the circumstance in which he does not approve of assisted dying? Does the noble Lord…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, as Amendment 24 has been tabled and pregnancy has been spoken about, I now feel that I ought to just make one point very quickly. The noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson,…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, in fact destroys her own argument, because access to GPs, unfortunately, is still a major problem. In that respect, I greatly…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillDoes the noble Baroness not accept that there are certain cancers that will give a positive pregnancy test and also be killing the patient, in a very serious condition?12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillForgive me. What the noble Lord is saying is very interesting, but could he possibly keep to the amendment? The amendments are quite tricky and really do need discussion.12 Dec 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit: Two-child LimitMy Lords, can we come back to the original Question? We have had some very spurious statistics about fertility and contraception. Does the Minister agree that contraception has…10 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I suggest that the noble Baroness, meaning absolutely well in a clearly very emotional area, has forgotten the real science. She is not a neuroscientist; indeed, I do…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI wonder whether the noble Baroness might be kind enough to clarify. She is, after all, a hugely respected individual in the field, of which she is such an expert—I do not doubt…05 Dec 2025HANSARDSmall FarmsMy Lords, in March 2023 this House passed the precision editing Bill, which allowed the release of modified organisms, plants and animals into the environment, specifically to…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBrain Tumours: Causes and TreatmentMy Lords, the Government should be congratulated on trying to improve their work on brain cancer. Talking about treatment, one of the issues is that one of the greatest advances…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I want to ask this question of the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins, but it applies also to the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge: she mentioned various things that are cited as…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI do not wish to extend this conversation but, given what the noble Baroness has said, can she explain why in Australia—I am sorry, in New Zealand—where there is very good…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillBefore my noble and learned friend sits down, will she just recall some evidence that we took in the committee that we sat on together only a week or two ago? My noble and learned…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, as a member of the Select Committee that the noble Baroness has just referred to, I think she ought to refrain from criticising something that the committee either said…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillBefore the noble Lord sits down, perhaps he could just clarify a point. Medical royal colleges are often quoted as having a view, but they are very seldom unanimous. I wonder…14 Nov 2025HANSARDGenome Screening: Newborn InfantsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to screen the genomes of newborn infants for different genetic conditions.18 Sept 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I promise not to give as long a speech as my noble friend Lord Grocott. I am speaking on this Bill for the first time, deliberately, having not voted. I think I am the…21 Jul 2025