Baroness Jay of Paddington

House of Lords

Labour

Overall, across health & social care this Parliament

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Ranks 814th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 64%. 6 contributions since 2025-11-14.

Record by topic

“…ke for some hours about the composition and the structures of the commission assessing people’s ability to take assisted dying. There was enormous emphasis on the activities of the commissioners and their convenience, et cetera, but scant regard was paid to the concerns of those people for whom this service was being o…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-04-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Bill, as it is not an “on this side of the House” issue—are in favour of palliative care. We have always been in favour of palliative care and have always said that the two go together.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Man, there will be an extraordinarily unsatisfactory patchwork of provision across the United Kingdom for assisted dying, and therefore it is particularly important that the Government should make sure that the Bill before your Lordships’ House is properly completed?…”
Assisted Dying Legislation: Isle of Man and Jersey · 2026-03-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ttle more from everybody who contributes about the circumstances and problems of those who are actually seeking assisted dying and who may well be those who, frankly, for one reason or another—because they are physically in a way that they cannot do it, or they are perhaps geographically remote or have other circumstan…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-01-30 ·