Biography
Baroness Butler-Sloss has engaged extensively on end-of-life and assisted dying matters through 27 debate speeches, drawing on her considerable experience as a former judge and family law specialist to raise detailed concerns about capacity assessment, particularly for those with dementia or mental health conditions. Her contributions have also touched on other health and social care topics including NHS workforce issues, mental health provision in prisons, and modern slavery, though these received less sustained attention than her focus on terminal illness legislation.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“My Lords, I am very happy often to bow to the expertise of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Garnier. It is unnecessary for him to be quite so polite about me, although I am grateful to him for it.”
Record by topic
- Mental health188th of 88018.0
- Learning disability & autism441st of 8998.0
- Assisted dying116th of 3716.0
- Rare diseases46th of 2026.0
- Public health & prevention368th of 6884.5
- Palliative & end of life care294th of 5684.0
- Dementia101st of 2514.0
- Maternity & neonatal363rd of 4382.0
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing236th of 3022.0
What they’ve said
“My Lords, I should like to add my sorrow at the retirement of the noble Lord, Lord Hennessy. He will be sadly missed. I strongly oppose the current proposals of the Government in relation to jury trials, for the reasons so brilliantly set out by the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson, but I would like to speak, in the short time…”
King’s Speech · 2026-05-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I am concerned about two groups of people: those with intermittent dementia who from time to time appear to be entirely normal and then the next day cannot remember anything that has happened, and people who are sectioned under mental health legislation.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-02-06 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We are being asked to look at women who have suffered a stillbirth or an abortion not at their request but because it has happened at a very late stage, who are now being investigated by the police. I gather the whole thing has gathered momentum after pills were being sent by post.”
Crime and Policing Bill · 2026-02-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…That is the basis of what I am saying. I think it would be admirable if anyone who was seeking assisted dying in fact had the opportunity to be known by the local GP. All I am saying is that, yes, I am lucky, but I do not actually know my GPs.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-12-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I want to make a practical point. It is obvious that this will be the first Act in relation to assisted dying. Clearly, it is unjust because it does not deal with people with motor neurone disease and so on.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-12-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
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