Biography
Lord Shinkwin has engaged extensively with end-of-life care and assisted dying legislation, contributing 31 debate speeches primarily focused on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, where he raised concerns about safeguards for people with learning disabilities, the need for transparency and record-keeping, and clarity of communication. He has also addressed broader health and social care issues including disability employment, mental health impacts of poor housing, and ambulance service standards, drawing frequently on his personal experience as a wheelchair user and survivor of a terminal diagnosis. His contributions reflect consistent advocacy for vulnerable groups' protection and procedural transparency in healthcare decision-making.
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“…In fact, it was through working for charities such as RNID, Macmillan Cancer Relief, as it then was, Cancer Research UK and the Royal British Legion that I came to really appreciate the value of your Lordships’ House.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism154th of 89926.5
- Assisted dying48th of 37118.0
- Mental health232nd of 88016.5
- Palliative & end of life care100th of 56816.0
- Heart disease & stroke150th of 3984.0
- Maternity & neonatal220th of 4384.0
- Health inequalities121st of 2884.0
- Public health & prevention573rd of 6882.0
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking114th of 1392.0
- A&E & ambulance response222nd of 2582.0
What they’ve said
“…One initiative that would benefit people with autism and disabled people in general, and which was in both the Labour manifesto and the 2024 King’s Speech, is an equality, ethnicity and disability Bill. Yet the Bill was pulled from the latest King’s Speech at the last minute by No.”
Unemployment: People with Autism · 2026-06-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Gill, in what has been an informative, if alarming, debate—alarming because it has highlighted the degree to which the freedoms which my grandparents’ generation fought and died for are now under grave threat.”
National Security (State Threats) Bill · 2026-06-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ed people than non-members, and disabled members employed by BDF member organisations report poorer job-related mental health and lower job satisfaction than those employed by non-members.”
King’s Speech · 2026-05-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Although I disagree with the noble and learned Lord that it is not appropriate to report any discussions about assisted dying, I believe that keeping records on assisted dying is vital.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…be or not to be” amendment, because the noble and learned Lord’s response to it will show whether he wants the assisted dying regime that his Bill would create to operate transparently or in the shadows.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
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