Biography
Lord Carter of Haslemere has engaged extensively with end-of-life care and assisted dying through 12 debate speeches on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, focusing particularly on ensuring adequate palliative care assessment and safeguards against temporary distress influencing decisions. He has also raised mental health concerns affecting vulnerable groups, including IPP prisoners and children with imprisoned parents, and highlighted the needs of elderly prisoners through speeches on sentencing and prison capacity. His engagement reflects consistent attention to safeguarding vulnerable populations across criminal justice and end-of-life care contexts.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“My Lords, we know that the psychological harm caused by the IPP sentence adversely affects prisoners’ risk assessments. What are the Government doing to improve the mental health of IPP prisoners so as to improve their prospects of release?”
Record by topic
- Mental health369th of 88010.0
- Palliative & end of life care198th of 5688.0
- Assisted dying116th of 3716.0
- Elderly care & frailty67th of 2364.0
- Public health & prevention562nd of 6882.5
- Dementia211th of 2512.0
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
What they’ve said
“…I can testify that when a person is told that they have a terminal illness with only a year or so at best to live, it is difficult to think rationally. It does not occur to you that it will often be a wholly inaccurate prognosis or that specialist palliative care can deal with most pain.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…First, his amendment exposes the total unreliability of a six-month prognosis of a terminal illness, as we have heard from numerous noble Lords. Trying to predict life expectancy is a hopeless exercise, especially when medical advances are improving at such a phenomenal rate.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-01-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…istance to end their life first be referred to a registered medical practitioner who specialises in palliative, hospice and other care for the purpose of a full assessment—the operative word being “assessment”, not necessarily treatment.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-01-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Individuals who struggle with multiple and complex needs, such as mental health, neurodiversity and substance dependence, are most likely to break prison rules and get placed on report and adjudications.”
Sentencing Bill · 2025-11-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I quickly respond to a point that the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, made. The wording in my amendment is not my wording; it is already in the convention. I am not trying to incorporate it into our law, because it is already incorporated. That ship has sailed, really.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2025-09-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
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