Biography
Baroness Morris of Bolton has engaged with health and social care through three debate speeches covering cancer diagnosis, end-of-life care, and mental health. On cancer, she highlighted the potential of Medical Detection Dogs' work in prostate cancer diagnosis through canine intelligence. On assisted dying, she reiterated her longstanding concern that safeguards in end-of-life legislation are insufficient to protect vulnerable people, while acknowledging evolving public opinion on the issue.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Medical Detection Dogs has had wonderful results in early and accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer. Are the Government looking at this as one of their diagnostic tools? If the Minister does not have labradors and spaniels in her brief, perhaps she can write to me.…”
Record by topic
- Cancer332nd of 6224.0
- Assisted dying277th of 3712.0
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
- Palliative & end of life care452nd of 5682.0
What they’ve said
“My Lords, it is 19 years since I first spoke in your Lordships’ House on the hugely emotive topic of assisted dying. My view then, that however well-intentioned legislation may be, the safeguards just are not good enough, has not changed in the intervening years and debates.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-09-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…UNICEF says, you are a child in Gaza lacking access to education, that impacts on your mental health, safety, development and future prospects. What does it say to those children that their one lifeline, UNRWA—which does far more than just provide aid; it provides health and education—is to be banned? What contingency…”
Middle East · 2024-10-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
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