Biography
Baroness Featherstone has made eight debate speeches across diverse topics including rare diseases, maternity, public health, assisted dying, palliative care, learning disability, autism, and mental health. Her contributions show particular engagement with end-of-life issues, notably speaking in support of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill and the Still-Birth (Definition) Bill, emphasising autonomy, emotional support for bereaved families, and the gaps in existing legislation. Beyond health matters, she has also contributed to broader debates on institutional accountability, democratic resilience, and safeguarding issues.
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“…I declare my own interest, because one of my sister’s twin boys had haemophilia and was infected with hepatitis C, and he died aged 35, leaving a 10 month-old baby daughter. The blood inquiry exposed failures that had happened over many years, in which information existed but was not confronted.”
Record by topic
- Maternity & neonatal220th of 4384.0
- Learning disability & autism756th of 8992.0
- Assisted dying277th of 3712.0
- Palliative & end of life care452nd of 5682.0
- Public health & prevention573rd of 6882.0
- Rare diseases170th of 2022.0
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
What they’ve said
“…Only today, we are learning about the horrors of the Nottingham hospital maternity and baby unit scandal. I sometimes wonder why we are surprised by a loss of trust that should not, in truth, surprise us at all, because the issue is not that institutions make mistakes—every institution made up of human beings will make…”
Democratic Institutions: Threats · 2026-06-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I am very grateful. I thank everyone for such brilliant speeches—there is such knowledge in this House; it makes me so proud of everybody here. To the noble Baroness, Lady Hyde, I say that I was a designer before I came here, and my studio was at 7 Caledonian Road. I just wanted her to know that.”
UK Development Partnership Assistance · 2026-01-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I very much look forward to the maiden speeches of the noble Lord, Lord Barber of Chittlehampton, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hyde of Bemerton, as I am sure we all are. I was a Minister in the Department for International Development for two years during the coalition Government.”
UK Development Partnership Assistance · 2026-01-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…yself, for my rights, for my autonomy, for what I want to happen should I face the appalling circumstances of a terminal illness with six months to live, and for my right to choose. Autonomy is a central principle in modern ethics and law—the right to make decisions about your own body and life.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-09-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Not long ago, I was listening to a programme on the radio about early stillbirth and listening to mothers talking about their feelings of loss and how emotionally debilitating it was to find that there was nothing—nothing to support you emotionally or financially, and nothing to legally mark that loss, except, as has b…”
Still-Birth (Definition) Bill [HL] · 2025-07-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
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