Biography
Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee has engaged with health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches across eight distinct issues including learning disability and autism, assisted dying, mental health, palliative care, unpaid carers, public health, cancer, and diabetes. Her contributions have focused on end-of-life care concerns—particularly around assisted dying and the psychological impact on carers—and healthcare access challenges, notably raising issues about GP availability in Northern Ireland. She has also engaged in committee work examining post-Brexit healthcare and regulatory arrangements.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Waldegrave, and his sweeping look at history and the constitution. The gracious Speech has a lot of legislation contained therein, but there are two omissions which I want to mention in passing.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism368th of 89910.5
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
- Diabetes154th of 1902.0
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
- Palliative & end of life care452nd of 5682.0
- Public health & prevention573rd of 6882.0
- Assisted dying277th of 3712.0
- Unpaid carers243rd of 2832.0
What they’ve said
“I thank the noble Lord for that intervention. I agree that that is an important part of the Windsor Framework but, unfortunately, the current architecture of the framework is the product of a number of political developments to try to make it more workable for businesses and consumers.”
Northern Ireland After Brexit (Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Report) · 2026-03-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 418 and to try to explain the rationale for the changes I have made since Committee. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Polak, and the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, for adding their names in support of the amendment.”
Crime and Policing Bill · 2026-03-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 460, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Stroud—who very much regrets that she is unable to be here today—to which I am pleased to be a signatory.”
Crime and Policing Bill · 2026-02-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, Amendment 450 seeks to amend the current Section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006. I declare that I am an officeholder in the APPG on Counter Extremism, a member of the APPG on Terrorism and Security and, probably most importantly, a victim of terrorism.”
Crime and Policing Bill · 2026-01-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The very existence of this piece of legislation gives legitimacy to those thoughts. By legalising assisted suicide, you de facto make the statement that some desires to end your life are justified. The guilt someone receiving care feels will never be isolated or separate from their desire for an assisted death.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-09-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
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