“…Amendment 101, which I drafted to try to close the dangerous loophole in the Bill whereby people with eating disorders could qualify for an assisted death, contrary to the intent of the sponsors to limit the Bill to people with a terminal life-limiting illness.”
Record by topic
- Mental health290th of 89014.0
- Assisted dying294th of 3922.0
- Heart disease & stroke332nd of 4072.0
- Palliative & end of life care430th of 5402.0
- Public health & prevention585th of 7002.0
Also active on mental health
What they’ve said
“…iting illnesses, but good legislation must provide adequate protection for the vulnerable, including those with eating disorders. The malnutrition that accompanies anorexia means, as the noble Baroness, Lady Debbonaire, said, that if treatment is delayed or refused, the physical condition of someone with a mental illne…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-09-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Members around the Committee who have shared my concerns about the need for proper provision for people with eating disorders. The noble Baroness, Lady Browning, rightly identified that there is a need for mental health provision to focus on the particular illnesses and to treat each appropriately.”
Mental Health Bill [HL] · 2025-02-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It aims to prompt ICBs to ensure that there are adequate placements for those with severe eating disorders—both those who are sectioned and those who are not sectioned.”
Mental Health Bill [HL] · 2025-02-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Beat, which looked at the case for more intensive community care and daycare for people with eating disorders in order to avoid—the very point that the noble Earl, Lord Howe, made—ending up getting to such a point of severity that they need to go into mental health facilities and be detained, which indeed happened to m…”
Mental Health Bill [HL] · 2025-01-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It was powerful to hear that, and I am sure that many in the eating disorder community will be delighted to hear it. I will not repeat what I said at Second Reading, as there seems no need, but in mentioning that, I want to support the amendment tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Browning, which picks out the focus on…”
Mental Health Bill [HL] · 2025-01-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
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