Biography
Baroness Berridge has engaged extensively on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill through 39 debate speeches, raising detailed concerns about safeguards for vulnerable groups including children, people with disabilities, and those lacking access to palliative care, alongside questions about conscientious objection and mental capacity assessments. She has also contributed speeches on maternity services equity, specifically addressing higher infant mortality rates among Black and Asian women in Nottingham, and on child consent issues in the PATHWAYS puberty suppression study. Her engagement reflects sustained focus on procedural safeguards and protection of vulnerable populations across end-of-life, maternity, and children's health issues.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…2.3 times more likely to die in childbirth, this report also confirms that, in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, infant mortality rates were significantly higher for Black and Asian women. In the report, a full dataset is not given of women of ethnicity.”
Record by topic
- Mental health61st of 88052.0
- Learning disability & autism138th of 89928.0
- Palliative & end of life care50th of 56828.0
- Assisted dying35th of 37124.0
- Rare diseases44th of 2026.5
- Public health & prevention252nd of 6886.0
- Unpaid carers92nd of 2836.0
- Adult social care & reform161st of 3764.0
- Cancer332nd of 6224.0
- Maternity & neonatal363rd of 4382.0
- Children's health131st of 1572.0
What they’ve said
“My Lords, I would like to take the Minister down memory lane and explore with her the Mental Health Act and consent by those under 16. Can she confirm the law relating to that is still Gillick competence? My other questions follow on from that.”
PATHWAYS Study: Puberty Suppression · 2026-06-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…15 years here, witnessed the best of parliamentary legislating as I sat on the Joint Committee scrutinising the Mental Health Bill after an independent review, a White Paper and a government response, but in my 15 years, this is not the best.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-04-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, Amendment 317 seeks to amend the Lieutenancies Act 1997 to ensure the continuation of Rutland as a ceremonial county with its own lord-lieutenant. I am grateful to the Minister for her email today relating to this matter, and for acknowledging “the unique circumstances, given that Rutland’s ceremonial status…”
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill · 2026-04-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…he widest possible protection for those people who, due to issues of conscience, are not able to participate in assisted dying. I specifically use “not able”, which is a different concept from that of autonomy and choice that underlies the Bill.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…From the evidence that was given to the Commons Public Bill Committee by Dr Jamilla Hussain, who is a palliative care specialist, we know that this issue disproportionately affects ethnic-minority communities, though not solely, of course.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
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