Lord Moore of Etchingham
House of Lords
Non-affiliatedLord Moore of Etchingham's full title is The Lord Moore of Etchingham. His name is Charles Hilary Moore, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
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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.
What they’ve raised
Lord Moore of Etchingham has engaged substantially with the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill through nine debate speeches, raising concerns about the Bill's medical clarity, professional implications for doctors, and the role of assisted dying navigators within the NHS. His contributions focus on definitional precision in legislation, questioning whether assisted dying constitutes a legitimate health aim, and highlighting potential safeguarding challenges around vulnerable groups and unintended incentives. He has also drawn comparisons to existing suicide risks to illustrate broader concerns about the policy's framework.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Assisted dying59th of 34712.0
- Palliative & end of life care190th of 5528.0
- Cancer495th of 6132.0
- Mental health739th of 8672.0
What they’ve said
“…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 ·