“…Before I conclude, I want to deal with a couple of other issues. The first point is about the notion of palliative care, which we discussed extensively on Second Reading. I am pleased that this legislation has stimulated a strong debate about palliative care.”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying9th of 39293.0
- Palliative & end of life care8th of 54078.0
- Cancer30th of 64339.0
- Medical ethics & regulation13th of 22830.0
- Mental health304th of 89012.0
- A&E & ambulance response56th of 2726.0
- Heart disease & stroke82nd of 4086.0
- Rare diseases47th of 2076.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)50th of 1463.0
- Plastic & reconstructive surgery6th of 273.0
Also active on palliative & end of life care
What they’ve said
“…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 ↗
“…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 ↗
“…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 ↗
“…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 ↗
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