Biography
The Lord Bishop of Newcastle has engaged substantially with end-of-life care and related safeguarding issues, contributing 14 debate speeches including multiple interventions on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, where he drew on experience from New Zealand's comparable legislation and emphasized protection for vulnerable groups including those with learning disabilities. His contributions span broader health and social care concerns, including dentistry access, learning disabilities services, and domestic abuse prevention, alongside engagement with employment rights and poverty-related policies. He has also undertaken committee work, serving on the select committee examining the end-of-life Bill.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Alton of Liverpool, for introducing this Bill, which I support, and for his unwavering commitment over many years to the prevention of genocide, the protection of persecuted communities and the advancement of human rights.”
Record by topic
- Mental health364th of 88010.5
- Public health & prevention232nd of 6888.0
- Health inequalities80th of 2886.0
- Unpaid carers146th of 2834.0
- Palliative & end of life care294th of 5684.0
- Assisted dying277th of 3712.0
- Dentistry access175th of 1942.0
- Adult social care & reform312th of 3762.0
- Learning disability & autism756th of 8992.0
What they’ve said
“…Homelessness rarely exists in isolation. It intersects with poor mental health, addiction, unemployment and social exclusion. Nacro’s recent report, Reducing Deaths Among Prison Leavers, reminds us of the human consequences.”
Early Release Prisoners: Preventing Homelessness and Rough Sleeping · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…e, even if in doing so the person’s mind might be changed; how we ensure that we continue to uphold our duty to suicide prevention for those who are terminally ill; how such a significant change in the law would be delivered in a way that does not put vulnerable people at further risk; and how this would work for extre…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-04-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Persistent health inequalities for young people—well, for people generally—living with a learning disability and those with Down syndrome were raised on behalf of the National Down Syndrome Policy Group by Ken Ross, who gave evidence to the Select Committee describing “a systemic direct and indirect bias shown within t…”
Learning Disabilities: Health and Social Care Access · 2026-03-26 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It is often those who are subject to health inequalities who hold the most distrust towards the health service, and understandably so since we are still in the shadow, even now, of the pandemic.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Health inequalities come into focus for much of the Bill. As we heard in the Select Committee on the Bill, people with learning disabilities experience significant inequalities in health outcomes.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-02-06 · Read on Hansard ↗
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