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Viscount Colville of Culross has contributed to eight Lords debate

Generated from their own Hansard record, below

“…My concern is that, as other noble Lords have told the Committee, the Mental Capacity Act has the presumption that, if in doubt, the doctors making the assessment of the patient’s mental capacity have to assume that they have the capacity unless proved otherwise.”

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-02-06 · Hansard ↗

Record by topic

  1. Mental health491st of 8906.0
  2. Learning disability & autism594th of 9054.0
  3. Public health & prevention378th of 7004.0
  4. Assisted dying294th of 3922.0
  5. Palliative & end of life care430th of 5402.0
  6. Medical ethics & regulation168th of 2262.0
  7. Cancer520th of 6412.0
  8. Dementia221st of 2632.0

Also active on public health & prevention

Full public health & prevention ranking

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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