Biography
Lord Lamont of Lerwick has engaged with health and social care topics through committee work on economic aspects of an ageing society and through debate speeches on end-of-life legislation. His contributions have addressed both the fiscal dimensions of social care reform and the ethical principles underlying assisted dying policy, emphasizing the need to consider longer-term and unintended consequences when legislating on sensitive healthcare matters.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…But a national care service modelled on the NHS, as suggested by the Prime Minister, could cost no less than up to £19 billion a year in 10 years’ time, so that will not help our fiscal problems.”
Record by topic
- Adult social care & reform306th of 3762.5
- Assisted dying277th of 3712.0
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
- Palliative & end of life care452nd of 5682.0
What they’ve said
“…We have to take into account the patient-doctor relationship. Assisted dying is not a treatment and sits oddly with the concept of a cradle-to-grave national health service.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-09-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
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