Biography
Lord Frost engaged on health and social care primarily through debate speeches on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, where he tabled multiple amendments concerning the definition of terminal illness, eligibility criteria based on citizenship and residency status, and whether terminal illness alone constitutes sufficient grounds for assisted dying. He also referenced assisted dying and pandemic-related health policy in broader legislative debates, demonstrating engagement across end-of-life care, public health, and governance dimensions of healthcare provision.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…It is good to have a Bill that raises properly philosophical issues; apart from the recent assisted dying Bill, we do not often get them. The question of what nature is has preoccupied philosophers and theologians since the ancient Greeks.”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying78th of 37110.0
- Palliative & end of life care154th of 56810.0
- Children's health131st of 1572.0
- Learning disability & autism756th of 8992.0
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
- Public health & prevention573rd of 6882.0
What they’ve said
“…This group, as we have heard, is primarily about the definition of terminal illness. My amendment in this group touches on a somewhat different but related and important point, which is whether the terminal illness criterion—the existence of terminal illness—is in itself sufficient as a criterion.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-01-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Amendment 121 is similarly the first occasion in which the phrase “voluntary assisted dying commissioner” occurs; Amendment 138 is the first occasion in which the phrase “assisted dying review panel” occurs; and Amendment 153 is the first occasion in which the simple word “assistance” occurs: a word that is not in fact…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-01-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…the others by simply adding a new criterion, paragraph (e), to Clause 1, and would therefore restrict access to assisted dying support to two well-defined and well-understood categories of people: British citizens and those with indefinite leave to remain.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-12-05 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It is quite closely based on Section 9 of the Victoria Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017, which, whatever its manifold other weaknesses, is at least clear on this point. I will stop there and look forward to the discussion and the views of the sponsor.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-12-05 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It is simply inconsistent, not just with current abortion law but with current law around maternal and child health more broadly. This clause had a wholly inadequate couple of hours’ debate in the Commons. Its proponents really should be embarrassed to legislate on life and death in this fashion.”
Crime and Policing Bill · 2025-10-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
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