Biography
Sir James Cleverly has engaged substantially on assisted dying and end of life care, delivering multiple debate speeches on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in June 2025 where he raised concerns about implementation capacity, safeguarding vulnerabilities for women and ethnic minorities, and the Bill's drafting rather than its underlying principle. He has also spoken on cancer policy, specifically on early diagnosis, breast cancer awareness, and the potential use of AI in retrospective tissue sample analysis, alongside isolated contributions on mental health concerns among farmers and women's health services. His engagement across these five health topics has been exclusively through parliamentary speeches rather than written questions.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. I echo his thanks to Mr Rycroft for the work that he has done on a very important report. We began work in this area through the defending democracy taskforce, and I am glad to see the Minister for Security in his place to highlight the important link b…”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying62nd of 37112.0
- Cancer180th of 6229.0
- Learning disability & autism382nd of 8999.0
- Palliative & end of life care158th of 5689.0
- Mental health654th of 8803.0
What they’ve said
“I start by putting on record my gratitude, which I suspect echoes the views of many right hon. and hon. Members, to my hon. Friend the Member for Reigate (Rebecca Paul) for securing the debate and setting out so clearly in her opening remarks the significance of this issue and the corrosive impact it has on so many peo…”
Property Service Charges · 2025-10-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Lady for bringing forward the Bill—to have a serious conversation about palliative care. Many people will say that these are not conflicting or contradictory positions.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-06-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I have seen someone suffering. Earlier this year, my closest friend died painfully of oesophageal cancer, and I was with him in the final weeks of his life. I come at this from a position neither of faith, nor of ignorance, and I hope that the House will take those factors into consideration when I say what I am about…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-06-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…e no fear whatsoever about a potentially vulnerable woman sitting in front of a medical professional who raises assisted dying? Even if they do not imply that it is the right thing for her to do, the very fact that they bring it up will have a significant influence on that woman’s thinking.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-06-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We have said there is not a real choice between palliative care and assisted dying, because one will have a statutory underpinning and the other will not. As I say, the “gold standard” protections were lost in Committee, because a number of professional bodies and—…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-06-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
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