Biography
Lord Murray of Blidworth has engaged with health and social care topics primarily through eight debate speeches in the House of Lords. His contributions have focused substantially on tobacco and vapes regulation, where he has consistently opposed the generational smoking ban across multiple debates, arguing instead for a fixed age of sale of 21. He has also participated in debates on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, raising concerns about the proposed panels' decision-making processes, and touched on public health aspects of canal litter and asylum policy.
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“…I am afraid I do not share his laissez-faire approach that it can all be left to the person of the assisted dying commissioner. It seems to me appropriate for such a significant post to be considered by a formal body.”
Record by topic
- Public health & prevention176th of 68810.0
- Assisted dying170th of 3714.0
- Palliative & end of life care294th of 5684.0
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
What they’ve said
“…In the Law Society’s written evidence, it was said that Parliament should “clarify how Assisted Dying Review Panels would deal with and decide cases”, and that the Bill “leaves substantial details about how the scheme would operate to be dealt with in secondary legislation and guidance”.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-02-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The first is in relation to prohibition. A generational ban may sound like a progressive step to protect public health, but it is de facto prohibition, and there remains no evidence anywhere in the world that prohibition of a long-standing legal product has ever worked.”
Tobacco and Vapes Bill · 2026-02-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Secondly, there are the public health and safety risks that arise from the presence of waste, particularly biological waste, dog waste in particular, and those posed by debris building up in channels and drains, which can obstruct water flow and, in turn, damage canal infrastructure, which will probably cost a good dea…”
Litter on Canal Towpaths · 2025-11-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…t we discover we cannot because the prisons in their home country have cells that are deemed too small, or even mental health provision that is not as good as our own”. She is absolutely right to say that.”
Asylum Policy · 2025-11-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…shop of a specialist tobacconist that is being used by persons who are sampling cigars and pipe tobacco is not smoke-free for the duration of that sampling if”— I will pause there to unpack the various conditions that have to be met in order to smoke in a sampling room. First, it has to be in a specialist tobacconist.”
Tobacco and Vapes Bill · 2025-11-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
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