Biography
Lord McDonald of Salford has engaged with end-of-life care issues through two debate speeches. In September 2025, he spoke during the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill debate, expressing support for the legislation after previously being uncertain about assisted dying in 2021. The contributions provided do not contain substantive engagement on the other listed topics of cancer, dementia, or broader palliative care.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…, a post-doc is developing, with his brilliant professor, a blood test for the very early detection of multiple cancers. Their work is hampered by restrictions on foreign medical samples coming into British laboratories.”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying277th of 3712.0
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
- Dementia211th of 2512.0
- Palliative & end of life care452nd of 5682.0
What they’ve said
“The last time your Lordships’ House debated assisted dying was in October 2021. More than 130 noble Lords signed up for the debate. I did not. I was a relatively new Member of the House and I thought that, with so many speakers, someone was bound to say what I thought—but that was not the case.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-09-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
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