Biography
Baroness Mattinson has engaged on health and social care through four debate speeches across three years, focusing on assisted dying, cancer, and tobacco regulation. She drew on public opinion polling and citizens' research to argue for law change on assisted dying, and highlighted the UK's relatively poor brain cancer survival rates while advocating for increased research funding and urgency in tackling the disease. She also contributed to debate on vaping regulation, noting children's increased likelihood to vape compared to smoke.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…March, and it shows that an overwhelming eight out of 10 of us support changing the law to enable assisted dying. This powerful evidence is consistent across respected public polling and across age, gender, region and political attitudes.”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying170th of 3714.0
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
- NHS waiting lists467th of 5342.0
What they’ve said
“…er itself and its reputation, as well as the absolute tragedy of ignoring the passionately held public view for assisted dying.…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-04-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Brain cancer is now the biggest killer of children and adults under the age of 40 in the UK. Behind every statistic is a person, like my old friend Georgie Maynard, a mother of three who received her own devastating diagnosis two and a half years ago.”
Brain Tumours: Causes and Treatment · 2025-11-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…t intervention can achieve in terms of outcomes, whether that is ending illness and suffering, cutting hospital waiting lists or saving lives; lots of noble Lords have spoken movingly about that today.”
Tobacco and Vapes Bill · 2025-04-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
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