Biography
Lauren Edwards has engaged extensively on assisted dying and palliative care, delivering 26 debate speeches focused on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Her contributions emphasise the need for a holistic end-of-life care system that provides both improved palliative care and choice for terminally ill patients, supported by personal testimony from constituents and polling data showing public support. Edwards has also addressed broader health topics including NHS waiting lists, mental health, and GP access across these speeches.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…the status quo, and who knows how long it will be before we get the opportunity to consider the introduction of assisted dying laws again, despite consistent polling showing that it receives majority public support?…”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying23rd of 37139.0
- Palliative & end of life care39th of 56836.0
- Mental health241st of 88015.0
- Cancer180th of 6229.0
- NHS waiting lists207th of 5346.0
- Learning disability & autism466th of 8996.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking41st of 1393.0
- GP access93rd of 2413.0
What they’ve said
“…British attitudes survey, which in 2024 found that 73% of the British public supported assisted dying and have done so over the last 20 years.…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“The position that I take is that we can, and must, both improve palliative care and support assisted dying. We must grasp the opportunity that is in front of us to create a holistic end-of-life care system that will deliver choice and dignity for every single one of our constituents.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Those people include Christie Arntsen, who has lived for more than a decade with incurable metastatic breast cancer, which has sadly returned for the fifth time. She is undergoing what may be her final treatment of chemotherapy.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I would point out that there is a range of views among those in the palliative care community. It is specifically for that reason that the Bill allows them not to be involved in the process if they do not wish to be.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Health Secretary to report regularly on the availability, quality and distribution of palliative care. In asking parliamentarians to consider assisted dying, my hon. Friend also prompted a national conversation about how we improve and fund palliative care.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
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