Biography
Lord Alderdice made three Lords speeches, on artificial intellig
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…We ought to reflect on the epidemic of adolescent mental health problems, ADHD and autism. Are these things not related to anything? Are they only better diagnoses, or are there things happening that are making life difficult for the next generation?…”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism594th of 9054.0
- Mental health615th of 8904.0
- Cancer520th of 6412.0
Also active on learning disability & autism
What they’ve said
“…I can recall getting into a conversation with one elderly lady in her 90s who was suffering from a cancer in her gullet, which meant that she could not swallow anything. I said, “We have two choices here.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-09-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…cells or to prisons, but if we do not provide sufficient alternative resources then either they are admitted to psychiatric units and other people who should be in those units are unable to be admitted because there is no room, or they are not admitted at all and things become worse.”
Mental Health Bill [HL] · 2024-11-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
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