Biography
Viscount Colville of Culross has engaged substantially with health and social care policy through eight debate speeches, with particular focus on end of life care and assisted dying, most notably contributing to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill where he raised concerns about mental capacity assessment safeguards under the Mental Capacity Act. His contributions also addressed related topics including palliative care, dementia, mental health, and learning disability considerations, consistently emphasizing the need for robust protections in legislative frameworks affecting vulnerable populations.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…In some provinces, such as Quebec, 8% of all deaths are by assisted dying, and on Vancouver Island, which has lamentable palliative care, the percentage rises to 11%. These, in my view, are big numbers.”
Record by topic
- Mental health481st of 8806.0
- Learning disability & autism592nd of 8994.0
- Public health & prevention373rd of 6884.0
- Assisted dying277th of 3712.0
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
- Palliative & end of life care452nd of 5682.0
- Dementia211th of 2512.0
What they’ve said
“…I had an interesting conversation with Jason Trethowan, who runs headspace, Australia’s national youth mental health charity, which last year was accessed by 170,000 young people aged between 12 and 25 in 170 locations across the country. His organisation is at the sharp end of the social media ban in Australia.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2026-01-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Within two minutes, the chatbot was engaged with the user about mental health, eating disorders and advice about how to safely cut yourself. Within 40 minutes, it had generated a list of pills for overdosing. The OSA was intended to stop such online behaviour.”
Crime and Policing Bill · 2025-11-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I declare an interest as a freelance television producer. Although I was not able to add my name to Amendment 160, my support for it is undiminished. Fortunately, I was able to add my name to Amendment 161, which I know would also give much needed clarity to freelancers.”
Employment Rights Bill · 2025-07-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Another report shows that 64% are looking to leave due to worries about their mental health. Across the country, especially in the nations and regions, where so much of the middle-budget commissioning used to be placed, production companies have no commissions and are closing down.”
Creative Industries: Creating Jobs and Productivity Growth · 2025-02-06 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…This guidance is already being applied in the Bill to sensitive data and public health data. I contend that if these carefully thought-through guidelines are good enough for health data, they should be good enough for all scientific data.”
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] · 2025-01-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
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