Biography
Lord Barber has engaged with end-of-life care and assisted dying through two substantive debate speeches on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, drawing on the personal case of Daniel Monks to illustrate arguments around patient choice at end of life. He also addressed NHS waiting lists during the Autumn Budget 2025 debate, citing them as evidence of the previous Government's economic mismanagement. His contributions have focused on these health and social care topics through parliamentary speeches rather than written questions.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…pport more informed planning across the sector? Looking at a very different sector, I note that the Nursing and Midwifery Council publishes regular such assessments of the workforce on which it holds data.”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying170th of 3714.0
- Palliative & end of life care294th of 5684.0
- Maternity & neonatal363rd of 4382.0
- NHS waiting lists467th of 5342.0
What they’ve said
“…Daniel, the much-loved son of my noble friend Lord Monks, who, in the absence of any form of assisted dying in this country and faced with intolerable suffering, starved himself to death in 2024.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-04-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Government’s economic mismanagement was all around us when Labour took office: bulging NHS waiting lists, crumbling school buildings, the prison service on the point of collapse, the courts system in disarray, and wages stagnant right across the economy. I could go on.”
Autumn Budget 2025 · 2025-12-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…He was then placed in palliative care. Daniel always maintained a cheerful and positive outlook on life despite his enormous disabilities, enduring his suffering with good temper and consideration for others. He did not suffer from depression, but he did decide that he had had enough; he wanted to die.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-09-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
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