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Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Helen-Ann Hartley: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Helen-Ann Hartley
Bishop of Newcastle, member of the Lords
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 4 Dec 2025
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Helen-Ann Hartley: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Bishop of Newcastle, member of the Lords
- Quoted on
- Assisted dying
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 11 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 4 Dec 2025
04 The signal · where Helen-Ann Hartley sits on assisted dying
Leading
One of the voices most often quoted in the press on assisted dying.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Dr Gordon MacdonaldSector leaderChief Executive, Care Not KillingLeading- Ruedi HabeggerSector leaderFounder of the Pegasos assisted dying clinicLeading
- Helen-Ann HartleySector leaderBishop of Newcastle, member of the LordsLeading
Dr Alex AllinsonClinicianGP; former Member of the House of Keys (MHK) for Ramsey, Isle of ManLeading
Sarah WoottonSector leaderChief Executive, Dignity in DyingLeading- John SherringtonSector leaderArchbishop of Liverpool and Lead Bishop for Life Issues, Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and WalesLeading
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05 On the record · press
What Helen-Ann Hartley has said
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- churchtimes.co.uk
- bbc.com
- chroniclelive.co.uk
Where Helen-Ann Hartley has been quoted
- Opponents welcome Commons' rejection of 'dangerous and unworkable' assisted-dying Billchurchtimes.co.uk · 11 Sept 2026
- No public appetite for forcing through assisted-dying legislation, poll suggestschurchtimes.co.uk · 10 Jun 2026
- Bishop calls for better end-of-life care after assisted dying bill failschroniclelive.co.uk · 26 Apr 2026
- Bishops express concern for the vulnerable in latest assisted-dying debatechurchtimes.co.uk · 24 Mar 2026
- Labour explored backing an assisted dying bill before electionbbc.com · 4 Dec 2025
How we found the articles that name Helen-Ann Hartley: we searched news for these terms.
- assisted dying
- assisted dying bill
- assisted suicide
- terminally ill adults bill
- right to die
- euthanasia
Also searched with “assisted dying” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Assisted dying
Verbatim
“I am pleased that MPs have taken seriously the detailed scrutiny applied to the Bill in the House of Lords, work in which I was privileged to participate as a member of the Select Committee.”
“Unsurprisingly, the public also does not see assisted dying as a priority and would prefer improvements in the NHS and in palliative, social, and end-of-life care before considering whether to introduce assisted dying.”
“Even those who argue for assisted dying admit that complete safeguards are not possible. Mistakes happen. That is simply not good enough for such a profound societal change.”
“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.”
“A reported internal briefing before the election raises serious questions about their neutrality.”
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