Biography
Baroness Andrews has made nine debate speeches spanning palliative care, assisted dying, unpaid carers, and social care reform. She has been a consistent voice on the support and protections needed for unpaid carers, raising specific concerns about DWP penalties, hospital discharge coordination, and consultation arrangements in multiple contributions. Her engagement on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill reflects her view that the House should have followed the Commons' democratic lead, though she emphasised finding consensus on the Bill's details rather than apportioning blame.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…And while palliative care is often excellent it is not all powerful. It has limits … I am not alone … too many terminally ill people are living not only with pain but with fear; fear of losing control … Fear of being forced to continue when all sense of dignity and meaning has gone. That fear shapes our days.”
Record by topic
- Unpaid carers48th of 28312.0
- Palliative & end of life care294th of 5684.0
- Adult social care & reform161st of 3764.0
- Assisted dying277th of 3712.0
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
- Elderly care & frailty166th of 2362.0
- Learning disability & autism756th of 8992.0
What they’ve said
“…Noble Lords will forgive me for a bit of history, but I was the responding Minister on the first Bill on assisted dying in this House in 2005. I remember very well what the noble Lord, Lord Baker, said—several people who are still in this House were there. It was the first time we had ever debated it.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-04-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It is one of the most acute problems in the whole provision of social care, and it falls hard on unpaid carers when they do not even know how or who to ask for help. It has been diagnosed many times as a big issue. There used to be co-ordinator discharge people in hospitals who would help with this process.”
Unpaid Carers: Patient Hospital Discharge · 2026-03-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I think it is right, as my noble friend Lord Rooker said, that this clause stand part debate is an opportunity for a reset and a rethink about how we are approaching the Bill and the way we are prioritising the arguments.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-01-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Within that, there is of course a disproportionate increase in the number of people claiming for mental health. This has been compounded by years of poor health and disability, rising poverty and deepening inequalities, all of which has been measured and recorded. Those factors have been years in the making.”
Universal Credit Bill · 2025-07-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, can the Minister tell us what progress has been made on addressing the problem faced by many unpaid carers who have been penalised, through no fault of their own, for having been paid too much because of technical failures in DWP? Are we making progress on addressing those very serious issues?”
Social Care Reform · 2025-05-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
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