Biography
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston has engaged with health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches, particularly on end-of-life issues including the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill and broader demographic challenges facing the UK. She drew on her prior experience as an MP, including previous parliamentary work on assisted dying legislation, to inform her contributions on these sensitive policy areas. Her engagement reflects substantive consideration of palliative care, elderly care, and the demographic factors shaping future health and social care needs.
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“My Lords, I send my condolences to Ann Widdecombe’s family. I served as a Member of Parliament with her on the other side and, rather surprisingly, when I stepped down as an MP in 2017, a very kind letter arrived from Ann thanking me for my public service. There was always a side to her that we did not anticipate.”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying170th of 3714.0
- Palliative & end of life care294th of 5684.0
- Elderly care & frailty166th of 2362.0
What they’ve said
“…I cast my mind back to many a Friday in the last Session which we spent on the assisted dying Bill. If I were to ask, “Would a society in which assisted dying is normalised be better because it has enhanced personal autonomy and reduced suffering, or worse, because it has devalued lives that others have judged are not…”
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“…We are seeing the consequences of that in 2025. We are talking about an ageing population, pension contributions, inheritance tax and, as the noble Lord said, higher education.”
The UK’s Demographic Future · 2025-12-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Member of Parliament, when I took part in the 2015 Private Member’s legislation on assisted dying. My constituency was Birmingham Edgbaston, which had some interesting aspects, such as Harborne having the highest concentration of doctors per square mile anywhere in the country.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-09-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
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