“…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 dying86th of 39210.0
- Palliative & end of life care269th of 5404.0
- Learning disability & autism758th of 9052.0
- Mental health759th of 8902.0
- Public health & prevention585th of 7002.0
- Medical ethics & regulation168th of 2262.0
- Children's health139th of 1652.0
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What they’ve said
“…We have innovated in food and gene editing, with fewer obsessional bans of pesticides and so on. Of course I wish we had done more—we should have done much more—but what we have done very plausibly makes up additional growth of perhaps 1% to 1.5%, which is why you cannot see Brexit in the figures.”
King’s Speech · 2026-05-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…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 ↗
“…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 ↗
“…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 ↗
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