Biography
Lord Ashcombe has engaged with health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches in the House of Lords, with particular focus on end-of-life care and palliative services. He raised concerns about the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, highlighting the importance of accessible high-quality palliative care and noting that such support is not universally available due to underfunding. He also spoke about the financial pressures facing the hospice movement in relation to national insurance contribution changes, drawing on personal experience of end-of-life care provision.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“My Lords, the more astute among your Lordships will have realised that this is the first time I have taken part on this Bill. I do so because, unfortunately, my noble friends Lord Markham and Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, who led from these Benches on the Bill, cannot be here today. They both send their apologies.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism466th of 8996.0
- Palliative & end of life care294th of 5684.0
- Assisted dying277th of 3712.0
- Elderly care & frailty166th of 2362.0
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
- Public health & prevention573rd of 6882.0
What they’ve said
“My Lords, my noble friend Lady Harding talked about speaking half way down the list, and the noble Lord, Lord Moraes, of being nearly at the end of the list. I am last, as your Lordships will be glad to hear.”
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill · 2026-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…he ability of savers to build a secure retirement income at precisely the moment when demographic pressures, an ageing population and rising life expectancy make adequate saving more essential than ever. There is a fundamental question of fairness.”
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill · 2026-02-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…us have faced the death of loved ones, in my case I have witnessed the extraordinary comfort that high-quality palliative care can offer, both to patients and to their families. This level of care is not universally available, as we have heard. I consider myself extremely fortunate.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-09-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I appreciate what the noble Baroness said, because this is about fairness and making sure life works. There are a lot of companies, big and small, where, to a great extent, what has been proposed is already working.”
Employment Rights Bill · 2025-06-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…This is certainly a stressful time in any family’s life, and the mental health of staff is important, as we have heard today from my noble friend Lord Bailey of Paddington and others.”
Employment Rights Bill · 2025-05-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
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