Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HL) on Friday, 20 March 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 twelfth day. Clause 5 under consideration.

Secondary information

Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 854 cc1135-1236
Session: 2024-26
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
Legislative stage: Committee stage
Procedure: New clauses; 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; Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Sponsor Amendments. Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee forty-ninth report
Wednesday, 11 March 2026
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Coffey | 854 c1136 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Coffey
165: Clause 5, page 3, line 11, leave out “or Wales”; Baroness Coffey | 854 c1136 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in this group I have tabled 28 amendments and signed another one. Most of them are conn...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1136 (Link to this contribution)
It was asked to vote on the principle of whether this should be dealt with by the Welsh Senedd, b...; Baroness Coffey | 854 cc1136-7 (Link to this contribution)
The Welsh Senedd’s legislative consent Motion was not about whether it could accept or reject the...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1137 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords—; Baroness Coffey | 854 c1137 (Link to this contribution)
Let me just finish my sentence, then of course I will come back to the noble and learned Lord. So...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1137 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Baroness is saying it is a breach of the Sewel convention. The Sewel convention is that...; Baroness Coffey | 854 c1138 (Link to this contribution)
It is a breach because I believe a threat was made to Welsh Senedd Members that if they did not v...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1138 (Link to this contribution)
I am totally confused by this speech. The complaint being made by the noble Baroness is that this...; Baroness Coffey | 854 (Link to this contribution)
I am conscious that we have probably exchanged views enough. There is a clear breach of the Sewel...; Baroness Smith of Llanfaes | 854 cc1135-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendments 844, 903 and 905 in this group, but I first turn the Com...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 854 c1139 (Link to this contribution)
The reason that the Senedd was voting in the dark was that this Bill had not reached its conclusi...; Baroness Smith of Llanfaes | 854 cc1139-1140 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble Baroness for her intervention. However, that is not the case in terms of the pr...; Baroness Fox of Buckley | 854 cc1140-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Llanfaes; that was a tour de force. Goodness ...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 854 cc1141-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Llanfaes, for her excellent tou...; Lord Pannick | 854 cc1143-0 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to see the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Prentis of Banbury, ...; Lord Stevens of Birmingham | 854 c1140 (Link to this contribution)
Most of the amendments in this group relate to Wales, but some of them also relate to Scotland. N...; Baroness Whitaker | 854 c1144 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble Lord for giving way. There is a substantial difference between the Bill that wa...; Lord Stevens of Birmingham | 854 c1143 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Baroness brings me neatly on to the second point I was going to make, which is that the...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1143 (Link to this contribution)
The three reasons why it extends to Scotland are so that people cannot advertise in Scotland to E...; Lord Stevens of Birmingham | 854 c1143 (Link to this contribution)
Can the noble and learned Lord elaborate on his second reason?; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1144 (Link to this contribution)
The second reason is that if, for example, you want the protection of employment law, that employ...; Lord Stevens of Birmingham | 854 c1144 (Link to this contribution)
Is the noble and learned Lord suggesting that Scottish health professionals will be travelling so...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1145 (Link to this contribution)
If you are an English person who has been prejudiced because you say, “I don’t want to be involve...; Lord Stevens of Birmingham | 854 c1145 (Link to this contribution)
It is not so much a matter of prejudice because, as I understand it, this provision was inserted ...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1145 (Link to this contribution)
No, that is not right. The reference to Scotland was included to provide protection for people in...; Lord Stevens of Birmingham | 854 c1145 (Link to this contribution)
I would be interested to come back to that on Report when we have had a chance to investigate tha...; Lord Deben | 854 cc1145-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as a Welsh-speaking Welshman, who has, in this House, consistently supported Plaid’s pe...; Lord Sassoon | 854 c1146 (Link to this contribution)
Would my noble friend, who as ever makes passionate and eloquent interventions, first accept that...; Lord Deben | 854 cc1146-7 (Link to this contribution)
First, it is said on both sides that they want more money for palliative care, but we now know th...; Baroness Murphy | 854 c1147 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords—; Lord Deben | 854 c1146 (Link to this contribution)
I knew I would do that. I am sorry. I will not refer to the noble Baroness, Lady Murphy.; Baroness Murphy | 854 cc1146-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, could I make it clear to noble Lords that, in the best legislatures that have implement...; Lord Deben | 854 c1147 (Link to this contribution)
I am pleased that I gave time for the noble Baroness to talk, given that she thinks all of this i...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1147 (Link to this contribution)
I am in a total muddle about what the noble Lord, Lord Deben, is saying. I think he is trying to ...; Lord Deben | 854 c1147 (Link to this contribution)
What I am saying is very simple: the proposers of this Bill have not properly taken into account ...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 854 c1148 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I would like to point out that my noble and learned friend Lord Falconer has in fact ta...; Lord Carlile of Berriew | 854 cc1148-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as a former member of another place who represented 2,900 square miles of Wales, I have...; Lord Weir of Ballyholme | 854 cc1149-1150 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is good to see the noble Baroness, Lady Prentis, back in her place, and I am sure th...; Lord Harper | 854 cc1150-1149 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I want to touch on a number of points. First, I join the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, in w...; Baroness Smith of Llanfaes | 854 c1149 (Link to this contribution)
I want to clarify that that is not what I said in relation to the debate on the principle. That w...; Lord Harper | 854 c1150 (Link to this contribution)
I recognise the noble Baroness’s view, but the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, asked why we should not ...; Lord Pannick | 854 c1150 (Link to this contribution)
The Senedd has given its consent —that is what the noble Lord seems to be ignoring. Why should th...; Lord Harper | 854 c1151 (Link to this contribution)
This is the heart of the problem, which was highlighted brilliantly by the noble Lord, Lord Steve...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1151 (Link to this contribution)
What the Senedd decided was that it would consent to Welsh Ministers being given power, in effect...; Lord Harper | 854 c1151 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, but the problem is that the noble and learned Lord has just confirmed, I think, that whateve...; Lord Deben | 854 c1151 (Link to this contribution)
We are not going to change the devolution settlement in this Bill—of course we are not. That is n...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 854 c1151 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords—; Lord Harper | 854 c1152 (Link to this contribution)
Hang on. The noble Lord has just intervened on me; I am still making my speech, and I need to dea...; Lord Carlile of Berriew | 854 c1152 (Link to this contribution)
Has the noble Lord noted that Clause 42(1) and (3) have identical wording? Both the Secretary of ...; Lord Harper | 854 c1152 (Link to this contribution)
I have noticed that. It limits their powers to what is within the legislative consent of the rela...; Lord Pannick | 854 c1153 (Link to this contribution)
I suggest to the noble Lord that, if we got to Report and if we did not take so long on these iss...; Lord Harper | 854 c1153 (Link to this contribution)
I will be very brief in my response to that because of the time. That has nothing to do with this...; Baroness Fox of Buckley | 854 c1153 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I cannot let the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, get away with that. What happened on Wednesd...; Lord Goodman of Wycombe | 854 cc1153-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, my Amendment 765, supported by the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, would delete Clause 42(4). ...; Baroness Blackstone | 854 c1154 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, regrettably, we are never going to get to Report. Members of the House keep referring t...; Lord Goodman of Wycombe | 854 c1154 (Link to this contribution)
Would the noble Baroness perhaps like to make it clear whether she believes that it is inappropri...; Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd | 854 cc1154-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I hope I will be permitted to say something about Wales. I was going to make a much lon...; Lord Gove | 854 cc1155-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the inference from some comments during the course of this debate has been that somehow...; Lord Winston | 854 c1156 (Link to this contribution)
I will just ask this question. I am genuinely a very simple doctor, and I do not really understan...; Lord Gove | 854 cc1157-5 (Link to this contribution)
I had concluded my remarks but I am grateful to the noble Lord for raising this point. Precision ...; Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 854 c1155 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I first take a moment to say from the Front Bench how wonderful it is to see my noble a...; Lord Pannick | 854 c1156 (Link to this contribution)
She left when the noble Lord started.; Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 854 cc1157-8 (Link to this contribution)
Causation is denied. My noble and learned friend can read it in Hansard, and I spoke to her outsi...; Baroness Merron | 854 cc1158-1160 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful for the views that have been expressed today. As usual, I will keep my re...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 854 cc1159-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, may I question the Minister? The 49th report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Ref...; Baroness Merron | 854 c1158 (Link to this contribution)
I am sure that all noble Lords welcome that report and its comments but, as the noble Baroness is...; Baroness Smith of Llanfaes | 854 c1158 (Link to this contribution)
What is His Majesty’s Government’s approach to the legislative consent Motion process and making ...; Baroness Merron | 854 c1159 (Link to this contribution)
As noble Lords will be aware, engaging with the devolved Governments is a matter for the sponsor,...; Lord Empey | 854 c1159 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we have heard talk in this debate about respecting the devolution settlement. No, we do...; Baroness Merron | 854 c1159 (Link to this contribution)
I note the comments that the noble Lord has made.; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 cc1159-1161 (Link to this contribution)
I express my personal pleasure at seeing the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Prentis, back in th...; Lord Harper | 854 c1161 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords—; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 cc1161-2 (Link to this contribution)
Could I just deal with this? The noble Lord can come back at the end.
I shall deal first wi...; Lord Harper | 854 c1162 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords—; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1161 (Link to this contribution)
Let me finish.
In my view, the right answer in relation to this is that we respect the devo...; Lord Harper | 854 c1161 (Link to this contribution)
I shall make two linked points. The noble and learned Lord set out clearly the decision that he a...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1162 (Link to this contribution)
Our approach to this has been to respect the devolution settlement, which, for better or for wors...; Baroness Smith of Llanfaes | 854 c1162 (Link to this contribution)
Will the noble and learned Lord clarify whether, if the Bill were to pass, the Welsh Government w...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 cc1162-3 (Link to this contribution)
The Welsh Government would not be able to widen or reduce the eligibility of an individual for as...; Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 854 c1163 (Link to this contribution)
I am not sure that the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, got a complete answer to her very interesting ...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1163 (Link to this contribution)
The health service could determine who it is going to make it available to free, but it could not...; Lord Stevens of Birmingham | 854 c1163 (Link to this contribution)
Perhaps the noble and learned Lord will clarify the answer he gave on Scotland. I think he is say...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 cc1163-4 (Link to this contribution)
This was picked up by the noble Baroness, Lady Merron. She focused, rightly, on what would happen...; Lord Harper | 854 c1164 (Link to this contribution)
That is an answer, but a deeply unsatisfactory one. That is exactly what was done when this was s...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1164 (Link to this contribution)
I have sympathy with what the noble Lord says. I do not think it is appropriate for that sort of ...; Baroness Smith of Llanfaes | 854 c1164 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble and learned Lord for giving way. I have one final question of clarity. If the B...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1164 (Link to this contribution)
I have two points. First, we have made it clear in the Bill that there is no obligation on Welsh ...; Lord Gove | 854 c1165 (Link to this contribution)
I want to clarify absolutely what the noble and learned Lord the promoter of the Bill is saying. ...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1165 (Link to this contribution)
That is exactly right. That is why we have given the Welsh Ministers the power to do it. It is fo...; Lord Gove | 854 c1165 (Link to this contribution)
Again, for clarity, if it were the case that Welsh Ministers thought that NHS resources were bett...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1165 (Link to this contribution)
That is right.; Baroness Coffey | 854 cc1165-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we have covered quite a range of issues. I had intended for this to be about the decisi...; Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 854 c1166 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I inform the Committee that, in the next group, we will be joined by a remote speaker. ...; Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie | 854 c1166 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie
167: Clause 5, page 3, line 12, leave out “se...; Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie | 854 cc1166-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I want to bring your Lordships back from Wales to the speech, language and communicatio...; Lord Shinkwin | 854 c1169 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 167 in the name of my noble friend Lady Fraser of Craigmaddi...; Baroness Berridge | 854 cc1169-1171 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, Amendment 174 is in my name, and I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord for the me...; Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne | 854 cc1169-1172 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will speak in support of my own Amendment 171, where I am suggesting that there is an...; Lord Moore of Etchingham | 854 c1172 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I was deeply interested by the remarks of the noble Baroness, Lady Fraser, and her amen...; Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie | 854 c1173 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble Lord. By probing the words “seek assistance”, I am trying to explore what assis...; Bishop of Southwark | 854 cc1171-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support the amendments in this group, particularly Amendment 171 in the names of the ...; Baroness Hollins | 854 cc1174-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I commend the introduction to this group by the noble Baroness, Lady Fraser. At the end...; Lord Blencathra | 854 cc1175-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I rise to support the amendments in this group but first, if the Committee will permit ...; Bishop of Newcastle | 854 cc1177-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to my right reverend friend the Bishop of Southwark for preparing the way...; Baroness O'Loan | 854 cc1174-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have put my name to Amendments 171, 171A, 173, 174 and 174A in this group. The group ...; Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne | 854 cc1179-1181 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I follow the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, with reference to our shared amendment, Amend...; Lord Leong | 854 c1181 (Link to this contribution)
May I ask the noble Baroness to speak to the amendment?; Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne | 854 c1179 (Link to this contribution)
This Private Member’s Bill has not been discussed with the mosques in London, nor anywhere else. ...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1179 (Link to this contribution)
Of course I agree to a meeting and the noble Baroness should bring anybody she thinks appropriate...; Lord Polak | 854 c1181 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will raise 50% of a registered interest: I am 100% deaf in my left ear. The maths wor...; Lord Empey | 854 cc1181-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I think everybody must have been affected by the comments from the noble Baroness, Lady...; Baroness Thornton | 854 c1182 (Link to this contribution)
I declare an interest as a non-executive director of the Whittington Hospital, where we serve man...; Lord Empey | 854 c1182 (Link to this contribution)
I am delighted to hear that, but I am also very aware of the pressures on an NHS hospital—perhaps...; Baroness Thornton | 854 c1182 (Link to this contribution)
I also note that I come from Bradford, where all my family live, and we do the same there, too.; Lord Empey | 854 cc1182-3 (Link to this contribution)
I am delighted to hear that, but I can assure the noble Baroness that it is not a universal situa...; Baroness Grey-Thompson | 854 cc1183-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have Amendments 172, 322, 322A and 406 in this group, which address the requirements ...; Earl of Effingham | 854 cc1185-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, before I speak to the substance of the amendments in this group, I pay tribute to the n...; Baroness Merron | 854 cc1186-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am most grateful for the debate that we have had today. In keeping my comments limite...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 cc1187-9 (Link to this contribution)
I am very grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Hollins and Lady Nicholson of Winterbourne, for ...; Baroness Berridge | 854 c1189 (Link to this contribution)
The noble and learned Lord has not covered my point.; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1187 (Link to this contribution)
In relation to the point from the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, that there should be an absolute...; Baroness Berridge | 854 c1189 (Link to this contribution)
To clarify, is the noble and learned Lord saying that a mandatory exclusion would be in a code of...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1189 (Link to this contribution)
I am not in favour of a mandatory bar on any young person. I expect it to be dealt with in a code...; Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie | 854 cc1189-1190 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank everybody who spoke in the debate. I am very conscious that I stand between nob...; Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne | 854 c1190 (Link to this contribution)
I add my thanks to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, for his comments. I look forward im...; Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie | 854 c1190 (Link to this contribution)
I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.; Baroness Grey-Thompson | 854 c1190 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Grey-Thompson
168: Clause 5, page 3, line 15, at end insert “, at w...; Baroness Grey-Thompson | 854 cc1190-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in moving Amendment 168, I will speak to a number of amendments in this group. The lunc...; Baroness Coffey | 854 c1193 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I recognise that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, has tabled Amen...; Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 854 cc1193-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have tabled Amendments 540B and 544A in this group. My intention with these amendment...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 cc1195-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will respond to the sensible invitation of the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, to give a...; Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 854 cc1196-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, following that, I am concerned about whether I have read Amendment 553 in the name of t...; Baroness Cass | 854 c1197 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will speak to a number of amendments in this group. I can be briefer on some because ...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1196 (Link to this contribution)
I apologise for not acknowledging that.; Baroness Cass | 854 cc1197-8 (Link to this contribution)
Not at all. When I first saw the term “independent advocates” in the Bill, I worried because, in ...; Lord Weir of Ballyholme | 854 cc1198-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 553B. It is one of a range of amendments I have tabled, wh...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 cc1199-8 (Link to this contribution)
Could the noble Lord indicate which amendment he is talking to?
3 pm; Lord Weir of Ballyholme | 854 cc1198-1200 (Link to this contribution)
It is Amendment 553B.
As part of that, the commissioner should offer a reasonable opportuni...; Baroness O'Loan | 854 cc1200-2 (Link to this contribution)
I have put my name to Amendments 300, 538 to 540, 541 to 543 and 544B in this group because of th...; Baroness Hollins | 854 cc1201-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Browning, is not in her place, she has asked me to introduc...; Lord Gove | 854 cc1203-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am introducing six amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Frost. My noble fri...; Baroness Lawlor | 854 cc1204-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I would like to follow my noble friend Lord Gove’s able introduction of the series of a...; Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | 854 c1205 (Link to this contribution)
My intervention will be brief and is addressed to the noble and learned Lord. Does he believe tha...; Lord Goodman of Wycombe | 854 cc1206-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have four amendments in this group. Two of them cover ground already explored by othe...; Baroness Coffey | 854 cc1205-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord for setting out his new Amendments 548A and...; Lord Blencathra | 854 cc1207-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I had an amendment in this group but I withdrew it when I saw that other noble Lords ha...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 854 cc1209-1210 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this is a very interesting group of amendments, because it seems to me that two separat...; Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 854 cc1210-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall touch briefly on two points prompted by both the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of...; Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 854 cc1211-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we have focused in this debate on the role of the independent advocate, but of course m...; Baroness Watkins of Tavistock | 854 c1212 (Link to this contribution)
I just wanted to stress, particularly for Hansard, that the people we are talking about are ultim...; Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 854 cc1211-2 (Link to this contribution)
We all know what we are talking about here, but yes, absolutely.
This all goes back to the ...; Baroness Merron | 854 cc1212-4 (Link to this contribution)
I am most grateful to noble Lords for their contributions to this debate on independent advocates...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 cc1214-5 (Link to this contribution)
I am greatly obliged.
I will go through the amendments but, before I start, it is clear, as...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 854 c1215 (Link to this contribution)
Can the noble and learned Lord clarify the support? If the lethal drugs are there and the person ...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 cc1214-7 (Link to this contribution)
Absolutely not. Indeed, the way the Bill is drafted makes it absolutely clear that the independen...; Baroness Lawlor | 854 c1216 (Link to this contribution)
Say we have a medical practitioner who does not, for the reasons the noble and learned Lord has g...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1216 (Link to this contribution)
What I understand the noble Baroness to be saying is that a doctor who will not conduct the conve...; Baroness Grey-Thompson | 854 cc1216-8 (Link to this contribution)
I thank all noble Lords for the debate this afternoon and the noble and learned Lord for explaini...; Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 854 c1218 (Link to this contribution)
I therefore understand that the noble Baroness does not mean this for everybody, but only for peo...; Baroness Grey-Thompson | 854 cc1218-9 (Link to this contribution)
In the context of this amendment, I meant it in a restricted category. I did not want to start wi...; Lord Moylan | 854 c1219 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Moylan
175: Clause 5, page 3, line 21, at end insert—
“(aa) where...; Lord Moylan | 854 cc1219-1220 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 175 and 384, in my name, and I am grateful to the noble Baro...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 854 c1220 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, what the noble Lord says and the article that he cites are very interesting. I am jolly...; Lord Moylan | 854 cc1220-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am not saying—nor was anybody—that a positive attitude on its own is going to save so...; Baroness Murphy | 854 c1221 (Link to this contribution)
We have discussed this issue at some length before, but I wonder if the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, ...; Lord Moylan | 854 cc1221-2 (Link to this contribution)
I am now precluded from taking further interventions, because there is a limit on how long I can ...; Lord Carlile of Berriew | 854 cc1222-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, “All’s Well That Ends Well”, and it is always a pleasure to follow such a story, partic...; Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 854 cc1222-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am pleased that the noble Lord who moved the amendment is in remission from his cance...; Baroness Fox of Buckley | 854 cc1224-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is hard to follow the noble Lords, Lord Moylan and Lord Carlile, whose contributions...; Baroness Watkins of Tavistock | 854 c1226 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we have already had extensive discussion about the multidisciplinary team involvement. ...; Baroness Fox of Buckley | 854 c1226 (Link to this contribution)
I just want to ask the noble Baroness for one clarification. I agree that most doctors are not br...; Baroness Watkins of Tavistock | 854 c1226 (Link to this contribution)
I do not think so. I have greater faith in the medical profession and the multidisciplinary team....; Baroness Noakes | 854 c1227 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I want to make a few points following the contribution from the noble Baroness, Lady Fo...; Baroness Cass | 854 cc1227-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, on the point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, the person or people who will mak...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 854 cc1228-9 (Link to this contribution)
I am most grateful to my noble friend Lady Cass for that introduction. This debate is extremely s...; Lord Rooker | 854 c1229 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as usual, I came to listen and not to speak, but there are a couple of things that have...; Lord Stevens of Birmingham | 854 cc1229-1230 (Link to this contribution)
On the thrust of the argument, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, that approaching this pr...; Baroness Jay of Paddington | 854 c1230 (Link to this contribution)
To add to what the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, said, I very much dislike the death notices, for exa...; Lord Young of Norwood Green | 854 c1230 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I only want to challenge the point that was made that the Bill suggests that six months...; Lord Moylan | 854 c1230 (Link to this contribution)
We are all agreed that the reference to six months is to be found in Clause 2, where it says that...; Lord Hamilton of Epsom | 854 c1230 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have always considered that the six months was critical to the essence of this Bill, ...; Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 854 c1231 (Link to this contribution)
I think the noble Lord meant to say that they could apply, not that they should apply.; Lord Hamilton of Epsom | 854 c1231 (Link to this contribution)
All right—they could apply, if that helps the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter.
We have to think...; Baroness Lawlor | 854 c1231 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, my noble friend Lord Moylan and the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, have told us about the un...; Earl of Effingham | 854 cc1231-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a hallmark of the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, to make valuable contributions to deba...; Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 854 c1232 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have noticed that the time now is 5.18 pm. We have no intention of moving on to anoth...; Baroness Merron | 854 c1232 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, The Government do not have major workability concerns with Amendments 175 and 384, tabl...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 cc1232-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, can I share everybody’s genuine pleasure that the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, is here? Can...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 854 c1234 (Link to this contribution)
Does the noble and learned Lord recognise that, if the earlier part of the Bill and this clause h...; Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 854 c1234 (Link to this contribution)
I did not quite understand the question, but I think the noble Baroness is going back to her amen...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 854 c1234 (Link to this contribution)
I would be delighted to raise it outside the Chamber; it was a little more complicated than those...; Lord Moylan | 854 cc1234-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, before he vanishes, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, and apologise to h...
Notes: Scottish legislative consent correspondence published, Northern Ireland legislative consent sought, Welsh legislative consent granted.
Subjects: Disability Advertising Devolution Autism Advocacy Doctors Hearing impairment Eligibility Ethnic groups Euthanasia Learning disability Mental illness Wales Scotland Young people Interpreters Speech and language disorders Henry VIII clauses Terminal illnesses
Legislation: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-26
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