Biography
Lord Shamash made a personal contribution to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill debate in February 2026, drawing on his experience of muscular dystrophy through his late brother-in-law's illness. He described the progressive nature of the condition and its impact on both the patient and the wider family during the final years of life. This represented his sole contribution tracked on rare diseases during the period.
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“My Lords, can I address the Committee on a personal note? My late brother-in-law suffered from muscular dystrophy, a horrendous progressive disease that many noble Lords may have come across. In the last years of his life, he was pushed around in a wheelchair.”
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- Rare diseases170th of 2022.0
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