Biography
Baroness Meyer has engaged substantially on end-of-life care and mental health, delivering seven debate speeches across the Terminally Ill Adults Bill, where she advocated for psychological assessments before assisted dying, and the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, where she highlighted social media's impact on adolescent mental health. She also contributed to committee work examining obesity and prevention strategies, and spoke on public health matters including tobacco regulation and childhood wellbeing. Her contributions reflect a consistent focus on vulnerable populations—elderly patients, children, and those from disadvantaged backgrounds—and the safeguards needed to protect them.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…It simply proposes that, if the Bill proceeds, before any doctor raises the possibility of assisted dying, the patient should first receive a psychological assessment from an appropriately qualified specialist. This is not an onerous hurdle but a basic and sensible safeguard.”
Record by topic
- Mental health369th of 88010.0
- Public health & prevention247th of 6886.5
- Assisted dying170th of 3714.0
- Palliative & end of life care294th of 5684.0
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing236th of 3022.0
What they’ve said
“…By contrast, raising the age to 21 would achieve the same public health goals, by the Government’s own figures, without punishing retailers or driving trade into the hands of criminals, as so well explained earlier.”
Tobacco and Vapes Bill · 2025-10-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…That experience left me sympathetic to the right to die. On a personal level, I would want that choice. I do not want my sons’ last memory of their mother to be like the one I have of my father, but personal experiences, however powerful, are not enough to justify enacting a law of such gravity.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-09-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…generation, we did not have phones and we did not have that exposure to predators, and we did not have so many mental health issues among the youth.…”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2025-06-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It is fuelling a crisis in adolescent mental health. Last year, more than 800,000 children under 18 needed NHS mental health support. This is a national crisis.…”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2025-06-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…As my noble friend Lord Nash pointed out, phones disrupt learning, harm mental health and hinder social development, especially for young children. This brings constant pressure on schools to manage distraction, cyberbullying and the emotional toll of social media.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2025-05-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
Contributions reproduced under the Open Parliament Licence.