Biography
Lord Truscott has engaged with health and social care topics through two debate speeches. In his contribution to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill debate, he expressed opposition to assisted dying on historical grounds, citing the founding principles of the NHS and the Hippocratic oath as incompatible with such legislation. The second speech excerpt provided does not contain substantive engagement on the specified health topics.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…I am a trained historian, so I can say that the international precedents for assisted dying or assisted suicide are not good. When William Beveridge set out his report on the future welfare state, the idea was to support life from the cradle to the grave.”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying277th of 3712.0
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
- Palliative & end of life care452nd of 5682.0
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