Biography
Baroness Jay of Paddington made six debate speeches on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill and related assisted dying legislation, demonstrating sustained engagement with this topic area. Her contributions emphasised the compatibility of assisted dying provisions with palliative care support, cited international evidence from jurisdictions where assisted dying is permitted, and raised concerns about procedural integrity and consistency across UK nations. She drew on prior parliamentary experience, including previous Select Committee work on this subject, to support her arguments.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…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…”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying62nd of 37112.0
- Palliative & end of life care198th of 5688.0
What they’ve said
“…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 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…international facts that supports entirely the position he is taking is that, in the now 33 jurisdictions where assisted dying is allowed, it is usually the case—I cite one or two—that, following that suggestion by a doctor, or prognosis or however you want to describe it, over a third of those who make the choice he h…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-01-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Lords were to look at parts of the United States such as Oregon—one of the states that introduced assisted dying many years ago—they would see that the improvements in palliative care have been enormous and coincident with the application of assisted dying.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-11-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
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