“My Lords, in speaking in this debate, I declare my long-standing association with the National Secular Society. I will be drawing on material from the think tank Policy Exchange, where I am a distinguished fellow.”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying86th of 39210.0
- Cancer247th of 6416.0
- Heart disease & stroke332nd of 4072.0
- Learning disability & autism758th of 9052.0
- Maternity & neonatal379th of 4532.0
- Palliative & end of life care430th of 5402.0
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What they’ve said
“…While the Equality and Human Rights Commission took a neutral position on the principle of assisted dying, it found several flaws with this particular Bill. After we started proceedings on the Bill on 22 January this year, I, with the support of 60 or so other Peers, wrote to the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, asking for…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-04-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…If it was a case of stillbirth, for example, for that woman the investigation will inevitably be a cause of stress. She might be worried that the evidence will not support her or she will not be believed.”
Crime and Policing Bill · 2026-03-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…peak to others to see if they might think of how you might ameliorate your illness, particularly in the case of cancer.…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-01-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I do not have the impact assessment to hand, but I recall that the number of people likely to seek assisted dying is not enormously large, running, say, to many thousands per year.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-01-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…EIA did not deal with any detail of all those certain protected characteristics because it focused on access to assisted dying. Access to assisted dying is not relevant to the safeguarding risks that we have all spent some eight days in Committee debating.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-01-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
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