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Biography

Baroness Lawlor has made 37 debate speeches in the House of Lords across 11 recorded topics. The most prominent theme in the extracts is the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, where she has tabled and spoken to amendments on safeguards, the Mental Capacity Act, and the six-month prognos

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Record by topic

  1. Assisted dying22nd of 39244.0
  2. Palliative & end of life care68th of 54018.0
  3. Medical ethics & regulation43rd of 22610.0
  4. Learning disability & autism375th of 90510.0
  5. Mental health382nd of 89010.0
  6. Heart disease & stroke82nd of 4076.0
  7. Cancer353rd of 6414.0
  8. NHS & care workforce/staffing244th of 3142.0
  9. Unpaid carers257th of 2962.0
  10. Dementia221st of 2632.0
  11. Women's health & gynaecology174th of 2122.0

Also active on assisted dying

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What they’ve said

  • “…nt management”: how, for instance, to deal with a patient who insists, contrary to the evidence, that they have cancer? However, there is a second, higher level—an induction into the ethos of the profession. This level is of vital importance in training medical professionals, because they are dealing with human beings.”

    Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-27 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “…ted if the general practitioner, the medical practitioner in the Bill, does not feel willing or able to discuss assisted dying with them. The amendments would ensure that the information was provided by someone neutral.”

    Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-20 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “…s not necessarily have to be a doctor to whom the person is referred—who are in the vanguard of protagonists of assisted dying? This is the concern that that seeks to deal with in a state service.…”

    Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-20 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “…What then is at the heart of the Bill, if I may develop the point a bit, is a process for managing assisted suicide in consequence of something which is not at all certain.”

    Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-20 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “…as no chain of custody for the secure storage of these lethal drugs, even though some that we know are used for assisted dying, such as benzodiazepine, have a black-market use. The measures in these three amendments go some way to addressing this problem of secure storage.”

    Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-13 · Read on Hansard ↗

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