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Ranks 713th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 56%. 9 contributions since 2025-09-19.
“…I know that she would not want to go to a doctor who provided assisted dying, which is understandable. Behind all this is a very different view about life and death and what they are, and a patient would therefore need to know.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The noble Lord, Lord Rook, said that there is no duty under the Bill to raise assisted dying, which is obviously true. It is very important to pursue what that implies.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Most doctors who will wish to give such a prognosis will be in favour of assisted dying; that would seem the natural likelihood of all this. If they therefore want to give the patient, or the applicant, what he wants, they will be less likely to want to inquire about and help with all the other, possibly better, treatm…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-01-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…If you want an assisted death, would you not be able to get it simply by saying that it is related to your terminal illness? You have your terminal illness and you have the prognosis, and you will therefore be advised by anybody who wants to assist you in your death that that is what you must say.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-01-23 ·
“…The noble Lord, Lord Winston, spoke of better treatment for cancer and in vitro fertilisation. Are the noble Lords arguing that death is a health aim?…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-01-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Lord Stevens, who speaks from great experience and professional knowledge, made a very clear case about how the assisted dying navigator is quite outside the normal purposes of the National Health Service. I guess it could be described, in effect, as a form of advocacy.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-01-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
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