Lord Markham

Record by topic

1. Palliative & end of life care43rd of 57334.0
2. Cancer171st of 61310.0
3. Mental health447th of 8698.0
4. Heart disease & stroke69th of 3876.0
5. Rare diseases44th of 1986.0
6. Learning disability & autism659th of 9674.0
7. Dementia206th of 2452.0
8. Maternity & neonatal354th of 4272.0
9. Adult social care & reform300th of 3622.0
10. NHS waiting lists463rd of 5302.0
11. NHS & care workforce/staffing232nd of 2952.0

What they’ve said

• “…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.”

  Sporting Events Bill [HL] · 2026-06-22 · Read on Hansard ↗

• “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 ·