Biography
Lord Markham has engaged extensively with the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill through 29 debate speeches across multiple parliamentary sessions, drawing on his personal experience as a former Health Minister and his mother's end-of-life care to articulate support for assisted dying as an issue of compassion and personal choice. His contributions have addressed safeguarding concerns, the role of palliative care, potential costs and clinical incentives, and the use of artificial intelligence in decision-making frameworks. He has also raised questions regarding data security at UK Biobank and the legislative framework for sporting events.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Lord Hayward, if I was ever to win anything significant, it would definitely be by a massive stroke of luck. The Government’s clearly stated intention for the Bill is to create an event-agnostic framework that can be applied to certain future sporting events without requiring new primary legislation.”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying35th of 37124.0
- Palliative & end of life care77th of 56820.0
- Cancer175th of 62210.0
- Mental health456th of 8808.0
- Heart disease & stroke75th of 3986.0
- Rare diseases46th of 2026.0
- Learning disability & autism592nd of 8994.0
- Dementia211th of 2512.0
- Maternity & neonatal363rd of 4382.0
- Adult social care & reform312th of 3762.0
- NHS waiting lists467th of 5342.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing236th of 3022.0
What they’ve said
“My Lords, I thank the Minister for the Statement. This is clearly a serious incident that goes to the heart of public trust in one of our most important research assets. I pay tribute to the hundreds of thousands of volunteers whose data underpins the success of the UK Biobank and the breakthrough it has enabled.”
UK Biobank Data · 2026-04-28 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…In 2007, she was diagnosed with late-stage womb cancer. When she was in pain at the end of her life, she was helped by hospice staff—in my words—to take an earlier train home. That experience changed how I see the debate.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-04-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“The noble Lord was at pains to say that he felt that assisted dying was somehow not a compassionate part of care, but will he accept that, for some people, it is the true definition of compassion? Noble Lords have heard me say on many occasions that, when my mother was terminally ill and it was suggested that we might…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…yone’s intention to suggest that clinicians will somehow be incentivised to push one course of treatment, be it assisted dying or another, for reasons of cost, all our experiences of the health service are that clinicians will always put the welfare of their patient first and that financial considerations do not come i…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-02-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I think I heard from the noble Baroness a concern that savings of £13,000 a week would be generated if assisted dying happened. I then heard her say afterwards that there would be costs on other people. Obviously, she cannot have it each way.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-02-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
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