“…The 2019 guidance promised greater choice and control and enhanced independent living. Direct payments enable people to employ personal assistants, or PAs, and to decide how and when they are supported, so I am nervous when I hear the Prime Minister speaking of healthcare and social care staff as one workforce.”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying124th of 3926.0
- Adult social care & reform113th of 3976.0
- Palliative & end of life care430th of 5402.0
- Rare diseases174th of 2072.0
Also active on adult social care & reform
What they’ve said
“…Public opinion is given to reflect that caution, despite the high-profile celebrities fronting the campaign for assisted dying. Of course, they get the headlines. Actor Miriam Margolyes’s recent outburst against “a cohort of rabid Catholic privileged Lords out to sabotage the Bill” was heard loud and clear.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-04-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ure that no doctor or associated healthcare professional is under any pressure to participate in the process of assisted dying unless actively opting in to the process.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Amendments 150, 151 and 154, all of which aim to prevent a medical practitioner initiating discussions on assisted dying under Clause 5 of the Bill. Like the noble Lord, Lord Shinkwin, I thoroughly agree that doctors must not be permitted to initiate conversations about assisted dying to patients.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…For decades, personal budgets and empowerment models transformed disabled people’s lives, enabling them to exercise genuine choice and control. Independent living is not theoretical; it is deliverable.”
International Women’s Day · 2026-03-06 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I also campaigned for a law called the direct payments Act, with which the noble Lord, Lord Harper, will be very familiar. That allowed severely disabled people to employ their own personal assistants, so that they would no longer be a burden on their families. No one wants to rely on their families or their spouses.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-01-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
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