Biography
Lord Dubs has engaged with health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches, with particular focus on end-of-life care and unpaid carers. His contributions include support for assisted dying legislation and advocacy for action on adult social care reform, drawing on personal family experience as a carer. His engagement across the six topics listed reflects a pattern of raising systemic issues in social care policy and legislative debates.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“My Lords, it is a privilege to take part in this debate, and I have learned a great deal from many of the contributions that have been made—I hope I am a wiser person as a result.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism592nd of 8994.0
- Palliative & end of life care294th of 5684.0
- Assisted dying277th of 3712.0
- Rare diseases170th of 2022.0
- Adult social care & reform312th of 3762.0
- Unpaid carers243rd of 2832.0
What they’ve said
“…My understanding is, as the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, said, that people who get palliative care in Oregon also have the right, if they want, to end their lives if they qualify under the legislation. Yet, because they can do it at any time, because they are in control, they often do not use that option at all.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-09-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I join in congratulating my noble friend Lord Hannett of Everton on initiating this debate and on his work on this subject over many years. I also serve on the Justice and Home Affairs Committee and, as the noble Lord, Lord Tope, indicated, we completed a short inquiry into shop theft last month.”
Retail Crime: Effects · 2024-12-05 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We depend on the voluntary sector. When we come to debate on assisted dying, which will be quite an issue—first in the Commons and then possibly here—we should get briefings on opposite sides of the argument. That is not unhealthy; it is a good thing.”
Community and Voluntary Sector · 2024-10-31 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I declare an interest, as a member of my family is a full-time unpaid carer. I suspect that many of us have unpaid carers in our families and, if we have not got them yet, we are likely to have them in future.”
Social Care Strategy · 2024-10-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
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