“…Many who enter this system have experienced neglect, exclusion, exploitation, severe mental health difficulties, special educational needs, family breakdown and a broken care system. None of this removes their personal responsibility, but it should inform our response and the response of wider society.”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying86th of 39210.0
- Mental health469th of 8908.0
- Palliative & end of life care191st of 5406.0
- Dementia61st of 2636.0
- Learning disability & autism469th of 9056.0
- Adult social care & reform180th of 3974.0
- Cosmetic procedures & aesthetics23rd of 242.0
- NHS waiting lists475th of 5432.0
- Children's health139th of 1652.0
- Elderly care & frailty171st of 2492.0
- Health inequalities251st of 2992.0
- Medical ethics & regulation168th of 2262.0
- Public health & prevention585th of 7002.0
Also active on assisted dying
What they’ve said
“My Lords, about a year ago, I gave one of my first speeches in your Lordships’ House. It was in a debate also led by the noble Lord, Lord Alton, on this very subject. I said then that, as a rookie Peer, my aspiration was to become more like him as I grow up.”
Combating Atrocity Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide · 2026-06-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ues about the scale of our housing crisis: 4.2 million citizens in need of social housing; 1.3 million stuck on waiting lists; and, more worrying still, 175,000 children who will go to bed again tonight in temporary accommodation.”
Social Housing Bill [HL] · 2026-06-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…On preventing coercion, Amendment 154 would establish a simple but essential safeguard: that assisted dying should be patient-initiated, so a doctor or other health professional should not raise the subject unless the patient has done so first.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I declare an interest as the carer for a family member with long-term dementia. Taken together, these amendments address a single fundamental problem in the Bill, namely the current definition of terminal illness.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-01-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It would not frustrate autonomy. It would simply ensure that assisted dying does not begin from nowhere. It grounds a grave decision in a minimal but essential relationship with the health service that is charged with safeguarding the person in question. Supporting autonomy requires a supportive context.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-12-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
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