Baroness Scotland of Asthal

House of Lords

Labour

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Ranks 861st of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 68%. 5 contributions since 2025-11-14.

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“I never suggested that they should be alternatives. The truth is that palliative care is not available in all parts of our country, so this has to be a real choice. That is the only element I made. Also, I hope that all of us would look at the evidence, from wherever it came.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-11-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We know that, with good palliative care, they can be enabled to make an informed decision. That informed decision may be that they still want to take a step, but the opportunity to get that support is essential.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-11-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“If we look at what Professor Foster and others have said, they say that the Mental Health Act 1983 is the sort of assessment that a psychiatrist should make as to whether they are in a position to make that decision. It is not just the MCA on its own—”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-11-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…But we also heard that New Zealand had moved from being the third most successful in delivering palliative care to the 12th, and there was a direct correlation, we were told, between the reduction in the investment in palliative care and the existence of the new service.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-11-14 ·