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Baroness Coussins made three speeches in the Lords between July 2025 and January 2026, all in debates. Two concern language and interpreting: a January 2026 speech on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill argues for face-to-face consultations for people who need public service interpreters, and a September 2024 speech on the

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“…remote assessments, it is very important that we have an exception for one group of people who might be seeking assisted dying: those who require the services of a public service interpreter. Elsewhere in the Bill, the provision of interpreters is acknowledged and provided for.”

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-01-30 · Hansard ↗

Record by topic

  1. Public health & prevention378th of 7004.0
  2. Assisted dying294th of 3922.0

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What they’ve said

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    Strategic Defence Review 2025 · 2025-07-18 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “…-related issues, which arguably are implicit in the report’s conclusions on the way in which communications and public health messaging contribute to preparedness and resilience, but which in my view need to be explicit, spelled out and acted on if future emergencies are not to leave some groups in society still dispro…”

    Covid-19 Inquiry · 2024-09-03 · Read on Hansard ↗

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