Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HL) on Friday, 30 January 2026, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Falconer of Thoroton. The answering member was Baroness Merron.

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

Lords committee stage eighth day. Clause 1 agreed to. Clause 2 under consideration.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 852 cc1182-1280
Session: 2024-26
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
Legislative stage: Committee stage
Procedure: Private members' bills proceedings
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-26. Brought from the Commons
Monday, 23 June 2025
Bills
House of Lords; Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee thirty-second report
Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords; Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Constitution Committee twelfth report
Thursday, 11 September 2025
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords; Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Government Response. Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee thirty-sixth report
Thursday, 30 October 2025
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords; Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee report
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Grey-Thompson | 852 cc1182-3 (Link to this contribution)
I realise that your Lordships wish to get on to the substance of the Bill, and the points I am ab...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 c1183 (Link to this contribution)
These questions relate to a detailed amendment to Clause 22 that I tabled yesterday, which provid...; Baroness Coffey | 852 c1183 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Coffey
60: Clause 1, page 1, line 21, leave out “8, 10, 11 and 19” ...; Baroness Coffey | 852 cc1183-5 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Harper and Lord Empey, for signing this amendment. I will ...; Lord Empey | 852 cc1185-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have put my name to some of these amendments. In the spirit of what the Chief Whip sa...; Lord Evans of Rainow | 852 cc1186-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 376. It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Empey...; Lord Blencathra | 852 cc1187-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 320B and three others in my name in this group. The first ...; Baroness Gerada | 852 c1190 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I assure the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, that this issue will never be a routine tick-...; Baroness Butler-Sloss | 852 c1190 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, for the reasons given, mainly by the noble Lord, Lord Empey, and despite what the noble...; Bishop of Newcastle | 852 c1190 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, taken together, the amendments in this group highlight the importance of contact with p...; Baroness Lawlor | 852 c1191 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I added my name in support of the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Evans of Rainow, ...; Baroness Jay of Paddington | 852 cc1191-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I wonder whether the House will listen to the point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Ge...; Baroness Smith of Newnham | 852 cc1192-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Jay, just asked us to consider the circumstances of those who ...; Baroness Keeley | 852 c1193 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will speak on face-to-face consultation; my Amendment 483 on this is in a later group...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 852 cc1193-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Keeley, has already alluded to the issue of wills, so I will n...; Baroness Pidgeon | 852 cc1194-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is essential that, as we debate this group of amendments, we keep in mind the fact t...; Lord Evans of Rainow | 852 c1172 (Link to this contribution)
Will the noble Baroness give way?; Baroness Pidgeon | 852 cc1173-4 (Link to this contribution)
I am coming to the end of my speech; I do not think I have to take an intervention, so I would li...; Baroness Fox of Buckley | 852 cc1174-1197 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we should thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Gerada and Lady Pidgeon, for raising importa...; Baroness Coussins | 852 c1177 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, if we are to have remote assessments, it is very important that we have an exception fo...; Baroness Whitaker | 852 c1177 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, that provision is in the Bill, if the noble Baroness would just look. I am afraid that ...; Baroness O'Loan | 852 cc1178-1199 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 65 in this group, but will first respond briefly to w...; Baroness Blackstone | 852 cc1180-1200 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare an interest as the chair of one of the medical royal college’s trusts. I want...; Lord Birt | 852 c1200 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we are discussing one of the most important decisions that any individual might make in...; Baroness Berger | 852 cc1181-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, very briefly, I support the amendment that is calling for face-to-face consultations to...; Lord Hamilton of Epsom | 852 c1182 (Link to this contribution)
Can the noble Baroness recall that last week she told the House that 23% of six-months-to-live di...; Baroness Grey-Thompson | 852 cc1185-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, technology has gone a long way to helping disabled people to lead inclusive and integra...; Lord Carlile of Berriew | 852 cc1187-1204 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I want to make two points about whether these consultations should be face to face. Fir...; Lord Sandhurst | 852 c1204 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I can be truly short here and it is further to a point made by the noble Baroness, Lady...; Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 852 cc1191-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I want to pick up on two points made in this debate. First, if I heard the noble Barone...; Lord Polak | 852 cc1192-1205 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support the amendments in this group, especially the one from my noble friend Lord Ev...; Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 852 cc1205-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, earlier in the debate, the noble Baroness, Lady Jay of Paddington, intervened to say th...; Baroness Hayman | 852 c1207 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will briefly follow on from the noble Lord on the issue of overengineering. I had gre...; Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 852 c1196 (Link to this contribution)
I was not speaking against someone being in the room. I am speaking about someone being in the ro...; Baroness Hayman | 852 c1197 (Link to this contribution)
I understand that the noble Lord was talking about a subset of consultations, but this is my poin...; Lord Harries of Pentregarth | 852 c1197 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, I will respond to the noble Baroness, Lady Blacks...; Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 852 c1199 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble and right reverend Lord makes a really valid point about codes of practice. C...; Baroness Blackstone | 852 c1208 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is far easier to develop a code of practice over time and change it in the context o...; Lord Harper | 852 cc1201-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, having listened to this debate, I am struck that there seems to be a fair bit of consen...; Baroness Young of Old Scone | 852 c1203 (Link to this contribution)
I have one note of question. We are all quoting Kim Leadbeater and how she felt about the Oregon ...; Lord Harper | 852 cc1204-1210 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Baroness makes a very good point which illustrates the importance of being able to ask ...; Lord Empey | 852 c1210 (Link to this contribution)
We are forgetting that we can use the telephone in this circumstance. It is not even that you wou...; Lord Harper | 852 cc1210-1207 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for that. The final point I want to make is that we had experience during the pande...; Baroness Grey-Thompson | 852 cc1207-1211 (Link to this contribution)
I would like to provide a brief clarification on the back of what the noble Lord, Lord Harper, sa...; Earl Howe | 852 cc1211-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in the interests of time I do not propose to summarise the many points and questions th...; Baroness Merron | 852 c1212 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. As ever, I wil...; Lord Empey | 852 c1212 (Link to this contribution)
In reference to Amendment 60, if I picked the Minister up correctly, she said that establishing w...; Baroness Merron | 852 c1213 (Link to this contribution)
I understand the point, but it is about verifying that.; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 cc1213-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I express my gratitude to everyone who has taken part in the debate. I make special men...; Lord Harries of Pentregarth | 852 c1214 (Link to this contribution)
I cannot quite understand why the noble and learned Lord is so unwilling to have in the Bill that...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 c1214 (Link to this contribution)
As a lawyer, going for a presumption is wrong. I think the right thing to do is say something suc...; Lord Harper | 852 c1210 (Link to this contribution)
Can I just illustrate, perhaps, to the noble and learned Lord why people are so nervous? In the C...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 cc1210-5 (Link to this contribution)
In relation to the noble Lord’s point about the imposition of subsection (6), the Bill currently ...; Lord Harper | 852 cc1215-2 (Link to this contribution)
The noble and learned Lord talked about questioning; this is important, because I think he slight...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 c1212 (Link to this contribution)
Obviously, you cannot ask questions under subsection (6), so it is exactly the same point. The po...; Lord Blencathra | 852 c1212 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord. I acknowledge that he has accepted that something el...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 cc1213-6 (Link to this contribution)
I would not look a gift horse in the mouth if I were the noble Lord. First, I do not regard accep...; Baroness O'Loan | 852 c1216 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, if I remember it correctly, the Motion that the noble and learned Lord put before the H...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 c1214 (Link to this contribution)
The Motion said that more time should be given so that we could complete the stages of the Bill s...; Baroness O'Loan | 852 c1214 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble and learned Lord has made the point that I was making. We were saying—we agre...; Baroness Grey-Thompson | 852 c1214 (Link to this contribution)
I understand the noble and learned Lord’s comments about “reasonably practicable” in relation to ...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 c1214 (Link to this contribution)
That is a very valid point in relation to this particular amendment. The reason I think some sort...; Baroness Coffey | 852 cc1215-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this has been quite a revealing debate in many ways. In trying to go with the spirit of...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 c1217 (Link to this contribution)
Whether it has to come to Parliament depends on the provisions, does it not?; Baroness Coffey | 852 cc1217-6 (Link to this contribution)
As it stands, there seems to be a variety around the Bill on whether or not there is that 40-day ...; Baroness Coffey | 852 cc1216-8 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Coffey
66: Clause 1, page 1, line 24, at end insert—
“(4) Art...; Baroness Coffey | 852 cc1218-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am conscious that I might be accused of preferring quill and pen than the latest tech...; Baroness O'Loan | 852 cc1219-1221 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have put my name to Amendment 66, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey. At ...; Lord Carlile of Berriew | 852 c1217 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will add only a very short sentence to my noble friend’s excellent speech, and it is ...; Bishop of Hereford | 852 cc1217-1222 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, for raising a very important issue in this amendment. Ho...; Lord Stevens of Birmingham | 852 cc1222-3 (Link to this contribution)
Essentially, I agree with the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Hereford. I could almost leave...; Lord Markham | 852 cc1223-1218 (Link to this contribution)
To follow on from that, as my noble friend said right at the beginning, the amendment was put dow...; Baroness Gerada | 852 cc1218-1224 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, under this amendment as it stands, we would have patients who could not have computeris...; Baroness Berridge | 852 cc1224-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for laying such a broad amendment, and obviously I agr...; Lord Deben | 852 cc1225-6 (Link to this contribution)
I come to this amendment with a good deal of suspicion. I am always worried when the House of Lor...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 852 c1226 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in the previous debate we had an interesting discussion about the importance of face to...; Baroness Fox of Buckley | 852 cc1222-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Government’s 10-year health plan for England seeks to
“make the NHS the most ...; Lord Hamilton of Epsom | 852 cc1227-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have supported AI for as long as I can remember, and I think it is the future for thi...; Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 852 cc1228-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, there are just a few remarks I would like to make. We live in an age where it is hard t...; Baroness Lawlor | 852 c1225 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, to add to what has been said, AI is based on large language models, which involve big d...; Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 852 cc1226-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I approach this amendment in a largely exploratory spirit, because it raises an interes...; Baroness Merron | 852 cc1229-1230 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their contributions on this debate on artificial intelligence. ...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 cc1230-1 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, for raising artificial intelligence. There was,...; Baroness Berridge | 852 c1231 (Link to this contribution)
Is there a guarantee that we will see those amendments in Committee rather than on Report? That i...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 c1231 (Link to this contribution)
I am going to do my best.; Baroness Coffey | 852 cc1231-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it has been an interesting debate. I was struck by the question from the noble Baroness...; Baroness Coffey | 852 c1231 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I put in my opposition generally. Just as we said on the first day of debate, it is not...; Lord Rooker | 852 cc1231-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I agree with Clause 1. If there was a vote on it, I would vote for it. I may not carry ...; Lord Harper | 852 cc1234-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I had not intended to say anything, but I was provoked—in a nice way—by the noble Lord,...; Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 852 c1235 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord would have had a whole department and civil servants behind him at that time.; Lord Harper | 852 c1235 (Link to this contribution)
I have two points to make on that intervention from the noble Baroness. First, on several occasio...; Baroness Andrews | 852 cc1235-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I think it is right, as my noble friend Lord Rooker said, that this clause stand part d...; Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 852 cc1236-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have a point related to the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Harper, about impact a...; Baroness Thornton | 852 c1237 (Link to this contribution)
I am slightly puzzled. I have of course read the Minister’s letters, but I am not quite sure why ...; Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 852 cc1237-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, perhaps reference to the Companion will help reduce the noble Baroness’s confusion abou...; Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 852 cc1238-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I beg the indulgence of the Committee to raise what I think is an important point; I ho...; Lord Blencathra | 852 cc1239-7 (Link to this contribution)
I am another Member who had not intended to say a single word on whether the clause should stand ...; Lord Polak | 852 c1240 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I apologise to the Committee for intervening, but I have waited—we are now in our eight...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 cc1240-1238 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord notified me of that beforehand; I thank him greatly for his courtesy.
May I ...; Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 852 c1238 (Link to this contribution)
Does the noble and learned Lord agree that, when courts in the United Kingdom rule that the publi...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 cc1241-0 (Link to this contribution)
I am well aware of the court case. It does not justify a new equality assessment in this case.; Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 852 c1240 (Link to this contribution)
I was talking about the applicability of the public sector equality duty.; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 c1240 (Link to this contribution)
I do not think that it justifies a new equality assessment. The thing about equality assessments ...; Baroness Butler-Sloss | 852 c1240 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I wonder whether it would be possible to get to the next group of amendments.; Lord Harper | 852 c1241 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Harper
70: Clause 2, page 2, line 3, after “disease” insert “or injurie...; Lord Harper | 852 cc1241-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in moving my Amendment 70, I will also speak to my Amendment 78 and to Amendment 829 fr...; Lord Sandhurst | 852 cc1244-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will follow my noble friend and, I hope, be reasonably concise.
I asked for my ...; Lord Hendy | 852 cc1245-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, and I am particularly gratef...; Lord Blencathra | 852 cc1246-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am very concerned by my noble friend Lord Harper’s amendment to extend the Bill’s def...; Lord Carlile of Berriew | 852 cc1248-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I return us to Amendment 829, to which I put my name and which was moved by the noble L...; Lord Empey | 852 cc1245-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this has been a very interesting debate. Many Members perhaps do not appreciate the ext...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 852 cc1249-1250 (Link to this contribution)
I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hendy, with whom I have had conversations going back t...; Baroness O'Loan | 852 c1250 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I express my appreciation to the noble Lords, Lord Hendy and Lord Harper, for bringing ...; Baroness Grey-Thompson | 852 cc1250-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this is a really interesting group of amendments, and it has probably raised more quest...; Earl Howe | 852 cc1251-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as we have heard, my noble friend Lord Harper’s Amendments 70 and 78 seek to expand the...; Baroness Merron | 852 c1252 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will be very brief. The Government do not have any major technical or operational wor...; Lord Empey | 852 c1252 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I raised the point that the state could be liable in cases where the companies people w...; Baroness Merron | 852 c1251 (Link to this contribution)
I appreciate the point the noble Lord is making—and indeed the points that the noble Earl, Lord H...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 cc1252-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, there are effectively two entirely separate issues raised by this group of amendments. ...; Lord Sandhurst | 852 c1253 (Link to this contribution)
I am surprised by that because mesothelioma is an illness or disease caused by the injury—and tha...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 cc1253-4 (Link to this contribution)
I completely agree with that analysis, but it does not mean that if you have mesothelioma you are...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 852 cc1254-5 (Link to this contribution)
Before the noble and learned Lord sits down and we end this, I have a real concern. If we are goi...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 c1255 (Link to this contribution)
On the first point, as I said, the review has to report in the first reporting period required un...; Lord Deben | 852 c1255 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I come back to the idea of having an inquiry and a report. I do not quite understand wh...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 c1254 (Link to this contribution)
The reason, from discussing and thinking about this issue, is that the Government see the most co...; Baroness O'Loan | 852 c1255 (Link to this contribution)
It seems from what the noble and learned Lord just said that the Government have been discussing ...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 c1255 (Link to this contribution)
I am afraid that I am not the Government. On the issue of risk, my proposal—although I recognise ...; Lord Harper | 852 cc1255-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this has been a good debate, and it has raised a very important issue. The noble Lord, ...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 852 c1257 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
71: Clause 2, page 2, line 4, after “reversed” i...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 852 cc1257-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this group concerns terminal illness. It is incredibly important. It is the title of th...; Baroness Garden of Frognal | 852 c1259 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell of Surbiton, is taking part remotely. I invite the no...; Baroness Campbell of Surbiton | 852 cc1259-1261 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, before I speak to the amendments in this group, I say that I too have not received the ...; Lord Pannick | 852 cc1261-2 (Link to this contribution)
It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell of Surbiton, and to say how pl...; Baroness Jay of Paddington | 852 c1262 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, does the noble Lord agree with me that one of the international facts that supports ent...; Lord Pannick | 852 c1261 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Baroness makes an important point, because this Bill is concerned with providing choice...; Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 852 cc1262-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Lord rightly emphasises that choice is an essential element of this. But in s...; Lord Pannick | 852 c1263 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Baroness began by asking about my experiences. I do not really want to talk about my pe...; Lord Moylan | 852 c1263 (Link to this contribution)
May I ask the noble Lord a question? This is not a trick question; I sincerely want to know his o...; Lord Pannick | 852 c1263 (Link to this contribution)
I do not think any doctor, any panel or any court would adopt that type of approach to a complica...; Lord Farmer | 852 cc1264-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, is quite right that autonomy is the basic principle under...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 852 c1264 (Link to this contribution)
This is a pretty high-quality speech; it has pretty little to do with the six months. It is about...; Lord Farmer | 852 c1265 (Link to this contribution)
I am supporting the inclusion of suffering from the noble Lord, Lord Frost, which is increasing t...; Lord Moore of Etchingham | 852 c1266 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am glad that the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, said that this was at the heart of the Bil...; Baroness Freeman of Steventon | 852 c1266 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will make a very quick point. I was not expecting to speak on this, so I apologise fo...; Baroness Hollins | 852 cc1266-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 75, which I have added my name to. It addresses probably the ...; Baroness Lawlor | 852 cc1267-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 72 and 80 in my name. I will not say anything about autonomy...; Lord Frost | 852 cc1268-1271 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I rise to introduce Amendment 84, which has already been touched on by the noble Lord, ...; Baroness Wheeler | 852 c1271 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord is over the 10-minute limit. Could he please wind up?; Lord Frost | 852 c1271 (Link to this contribution)
I am coming to my conclusion. It is somewhat safer with the two criteria of autonomy plus life ex...; Lord Carter of Haslemere | 852 cc1271-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I added my name to Amendment 84 since I think the noble Lord, Lord Frost, has struck go...; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 852 c1272 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am reluctant to involve myself in this debate, but I see this whole legislative proce...; Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 852 cc1272-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I seek the indulgence of the Committee to say a word about my amendment. I am not speak...; Lord Carlile of Berriew | 852 c1274 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I would never stand in the way of a colleague who has a trial. I hope it is an importan...; Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 852 c1274 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am defending the interests of a Labour-supporting newspaper.; Lord Carlile of Berriew | 852 cc1274-6 (Link to this contribution)
Well, there we are: we know that the noble Lord adheres to the cab rank rule.
We have heard...; Lord Blencathra | 852 c1276 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I seek a cast-iron assurance from the Government Whip that those of us whose speeches w...; Baroness Wheeler | 852 c1276 (Link to this contribution)
I will shortly make an announcement to that effect.; Lord Rook | 852 cc1276-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 99, 102 and 105 in the name of my noble friend Lord Hunt of ...; Lord Sandhurst | 852 cc1278-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I speak to Amendments 82 and 83A in particular, which were advanced by my noble friend ...; Baroness Wheeler | 852 c1280 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this seems to be a convenient time to pause proceedings for the day. I move that debate...; Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 852 c1280 (Link to this contribution)
Noble Lords will know that I have sat for the whole day waiting for amendments and have not inter...
Notes: Scottish legislative consent correspondence published, Northern Ireland and Welsh legislative consent sought.
Subjects: Compensation Doctors Eligibility Injuries Euthanasia Industrial diseases Palliative care Artificial intelligence Remote meetings Terminal illnesses
Legislation: Fatal Accidents Act 1976; Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-26
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on hansard.parliament.uk

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

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