Lord Stevens of Birmingham

What they’ve raised

Lord Stevens of Birmingham has engaged extensively with end-of-life care and assisted dying legislation through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill where he raised detailed questions about safeguards, conscience protections for healthcare professionals, and the interaction between English and Scottish law. He has also contributed to debates on cancer outcomes, drawing on his role as chair of Cancer Research UK, and touched on broader health topics including mental health, NHS waiting lists, and palliative care. His engagement has been characterised by technical scrutiny of legislative provisions and concerns about constitutional and practical implementation challenges.

Generated from their own Hansard record, below

Record by topic

1. Assisted dying27th of 34730.0
2. Mental health112th of 86730.0
3. Palliative & end of life care53rd of 55224.0
4. Cancer73rd of 61318.0
5. Learning disability & autism439th of 8988.0
6. Adult social care & reform92nd of 3616.0
7. NHS & care workforce/staffing61st of 2956.0
8. Public health & prevention371st of 683

What they’ve said

• “…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 ↗

• “…To clarify: he is saying that Clause 31(8)(b) would not apply in hospices; in other words, as drafted, the Bill would prevent a hospice as an employer from restricting doctors who were working for that hospice from also participating in assisted dying.”

  Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-27 ·