Lord Stevens of Birmingham

House of Lords

Crossbench

Overall, across health & social care this Parliament

Alive and kicking!

Ranks 215th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 17%. 42 contributions since 2024-07-25.

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“…It provides specialist mental health services for veterans. It has been great to see its progress since then. The Bill is now expanding beyond health, education and housing to bring in scope a wider range of public services for the Armed Forces covenant. I will just raise two questions for the Minister on Clause 2.”
Armed Forces Bill · 2026-07-06 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I declare my interests as chair of Cancer Research UK and chair of King’s College London’s council. Cancer Research UK has a proud tradition of supporting research in the UK as well as internationally. Some eight out of 10 medicines that NHS cancer patients use were either developed by or with Cancer Research UK.”
Cancer Outcomes in the UK · 2026-04-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I think what follows from that is that the noble and learned Lord is accepting the position that hospices will not be in a position to restrict their employees from participating in assisted dying, if they are doing that somewhere other than in the hospice.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The question, just to clarify, is: is he saying that assisted dying is deemed to be a treatment? Nevertheless, his Bill overrides the duties on a doctor affirmed by the Supreme Court in July 2023 in the McCulloch case.…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-27 ·