Biography
Lord Lansley has engaged substantively on assisted dying and tobacco/vapes regulation through multiple debate speeches in the House of Lords, focusing on legislative detail and workability rather than principled objections. His contributions on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill emphasize ensuring the service functions effectively within NHS structures, while his interventions on tobacco control draw on his prior experience shaping regulatory regimes. He has also raised points on social care integration, medical training, and planning legislation across several legislative debates.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…We have to go back to thinking about an assisted dying service, if we wish there to be one, which operates independently from the NHS but, of course, with the participation of all the willing clinicians and others who are professionally needed to support it.”
Record by topic
- Public health & prevention117th of 68814.0
- Assisted dying109th of 3718.0
- Palliative & end of life care294th of 5684.0
- Learning disability & autism592nd of 8994.0
- Adult social care & reform161st of 3764.0
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
- NHS waiting lists467th of 5342.0
- GP access205th of 2412.0
What they’ve said
“…Potentially, if I understood the Minister’s wording correctly, bringing assisted dying within the context of treatment under the NHS Act 2006, rather than amending the NHS Act to say that the NHS is going to provide this service, is entirely the wrong thing to do, but it does not form any part of the comprehensive serv…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The intention was entirely to look at how, in addition to the measures in the Bill, we can move to a smoke-free country, rather than simply relying upon the assumption that in the fullness of time—as my noble friend said, in a matter of decades—the smoke-free generation will take over and give us a smoke-free country.”
Tobacco and Vapes Bill · 2026-03-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…There have been positive outcomes in relation to public health, but, for local government, there have not been satisfactory outcomes in relation to the management of health services—particularly in so far as they can be combined satisfactorily with social care services.”
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill · 2026-02-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I have two amendments in this group: Amendments 21 and 24. My noble friends on the Front Bench have pretty much all the other amendments, with the exception of Amendment 28 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock.”
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill · 2026-01-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I do not think that we are disagreeing, because my amendments would have the effect of applying an ordinary residence test. That ordinary residence test for the assisted dying service would be exactly the same as the one for planned secondary care.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-12-05 · Read on Hansard ↗
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