“…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 carers54th of 29612.0
- Medical ethics & regulation91st of 2264.0
- Adult social care & reform180th of 3974.0
- Assisted dying294th of 3922.0
- Palliative & end of life care430th of 5402.0
- Mental health759th of 8902.0
- Elderly care & frailty171st of 2492.0
- Learning disability & autism758th of 9052.0
Also active on unpaid carers
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 ↗
“…essive to hear all the experience around the House and I know that people shared my experience when we took the Mental Capacity Act through the House in 2005. That Act had been years in the making.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-11-14 · 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 ↗
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