“…Both of my parents died of cancer and suffered in their final months. I well remember the telephone call from the consultant after the tests on my father, when he said, “We must hope that God is merciful and does not allow him to suffer for too long.” Although he did suffer, he lived for a further six months after I re…”
Record by topic
- Cancer82nd of 64118.0
- Palliative & end of life care68th of 54018.0
- Assisted dying124th of 3926.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)23rd of 1466.0
- Unpaid carers99th of 2966.0
- A&E & ambulance response118th of 2723.0
- NHS waiting lists334th of 5433.0
- Heart disease & stroke178th of 4073.0
- Learning disability & autism656th of 9053.0
- Rare diseases81st of 2073.0
- Adult social care & reform201st of 3973.0
Also active on palliative & end of life care
What they’ve said
“My hon. Friend makes an important point. Let me go back to St Andrew’s hospice in Grimsby. My mother died in hospital on the day that she was due to be moved into that hospice—how I wish that only a day or two earlier she had been able to do that, and to receive the care that I know from subsequent visits the hospice h…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I am of the firm view that if assisted dying is legalised, we will be poorer as a society. We will have crossed a line. We will have accepted that, to adapt the phrase I used earlier, life is not uniquely precious and, importantly, we will have changed the relationship between doctor and patient.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“The Chairman of the Committee sends his apologies, Mr Speaker. In addition to the business that the Leader of the House has announced, the Committee has agreed two Select Committee statements: one next Thursday from the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee and one the following Thursday from the Work and Pensio…”
Business of the House · 2026-07-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Roger. I congratulate the hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Andy MacNae) on securing this important debate. My constituency has 11 railway stations, the largest port in the country and an international airport, so people might think that it would be of major interest t…”
Small Towns: Transport Links · 2026-06-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ire that is not, in official government terms, part of the east midlands, even though we have the East Midlands ambulance service. We are in no man’s land. We have the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole hospital trust; we are under Humberside police; and the integrated care board—well, that wanders all over the place.”
Productivity and Economic Growth: East Midlands · 2026-03-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
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