Lord Deben
House of Lords
ConservativeOverall, across health & social care this Parliament
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Ranks 624th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 49%. 13 contributions since 2024-12-18.
Record by topic
- Palliative & end of life care79th of 57322.0
- GP access199th of 2322.0
- Learning disability & autism812th of 9672.0
What they’ve said
“There is one last thing I would like clarification on. When the noble and learned Lord spoke about hospices, he said in a slightly confusing way that that did not necessarily refer to care homes. I am concerned about care homes that are run by organisations for which this is unacceptable.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…In Wales, the provision of palliative care is not as good as it ought to be—this is widely understood. Yet we would be imposing on the Welsh Government the necessity to make particular decisions about health in Wales, when they have no powers to make those decisions for themselves.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“First, it is said on both sides that they want more money for palliative care, but we now know that palliative care includes assisted dying. I therefore do not accept that the demand for more money for palliative care from those in favour of this Bill is the same thing as those of us who are asking for more money for p…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…pen to think that the most compassionate way of dealing with this is, first, to have a society in which we have palliative care of the highest standard for everybody. Then, if you have that, it may be that some would believe that it would be better for them to make a choice to kill themselves.”