North West Hampshire
ConservativeOverall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 67th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 5%. 59 contributions since 2024-11-29.
“…However, the passage of the assisted dying Bill shocked me in a number of ways, to the extent that it has tugged in a profound way on a piece of wool in the constitutional jumper, as my right hon. Friend the Member for Tonbridge (Tom Tugendhat) said. The Bill’s passage shocked me in three ways.”
Progression of Bills through Parliament · 2026-06-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Friend’s approach. In the election, I stood on a personal pledge that I would support assisted dying, having voted for it before, in 2015. In my hon. Friend’s view, what importance should we attach to an absolute majority of the House of Commons? The assisted dying Bill passed with an absolute majority of all eligible…”
Progression of Bills through Parliament · 2026-06-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ibuster, does he agree that it has tools at its disposal to allow it to do so? As he will remember, even in the assisted dying debate, we had to move that the Question now be put. If the House of Commons, in convocation, has the majority to override the Government, it can do so, even in those circumstances.”
Progression of Bills through Parliament · 2026-06-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…If I have had my citizenship deprived essentially at the stroke of a pen by the Home Secretary, and I win an appeal, it seems unfair, given that I have won that appeal on the basis of fact, that the Government can continue to deprive me of my citizenship pending a further appeal by them.”
Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Bill · 2025-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I can imagine that situation, but I have been an enthusiastic supporter of lots of powers to protect the public from people from whom the Minister cannot remove citizenship.”
Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Bill · 2025-06-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We see lonely suicides in quiet suburban bedrooms: lives ended not because of terminal illness, but because of a lack of legal options. The Bill brings order where there is confusion; it brings safeguards where there is silence; and it replaces secrecy with structure and fear with honesty.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-06-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
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