Biography
Lord Oates has engaged with health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches in the Lords, with particular focus on end-of-life care and assisted dying. He contributed to the debate on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in September 2025, discussing patients with terminal illness and capacity, drawing on personal experience to inform his scrutiny of the legislation. His broader engagement reflects an interest in public health dimensions of humanitarian crises and nutrition, declared through his role as chief executive of United Against Malnutrition and Hunger.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“My Lords, I join others in congratulating my noble friend Lady Featherstone on securing this debate and on her eloquent opening speech, and I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hyde, and the noble Lord, Lord Barber, on their powerful maiden speeches. I appreciated their focus on optimism.”
Record by topic
- Public health & prevention373rd of 6884.0
- Assisted dying277th of 3712.0
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
- Palliative & end of life care452nd of 5682.0
What they’ve said
“My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bates, for initiating this debate. I declare my interest as CEO of United Against Malnutrition & Hunger. As we have heard, the world faces an unprecedented series of humanitarian crises driven by conflict and climate shocks, from the DRC to Myanmar, Palestine to Sudan, Somalia to…”
Official Development Assistance · 2026-01-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…very dear friend in an oncologist’s office in Pietermaritzburg in South Africa as he learned that his prostate cancer had spread and was no longer treatable. Just over a year ago, he told me that the pain was becoming unendurable. Shortly afterwards, his daughter contacted me to say that he had died.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-09-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I declare my interest as chief executive of United Against Malnutrition and Hunger. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Booth-Smith, on his excellent maiden speech.”
Autumn Budget 2024 · 2024-11-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
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