My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, for introducing this Bill. Patients who are dying should have access to the same attention and standard of healthcare as all other patients. This access should be provided equitably to all groups in society. That was made clear in the powerful...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, for introducing this Bill. Patients who are dying should have access to the same attention and standard of healthcare as all other patients. This access should be provided equitably to all groups in society. That was made clear in the powerful...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving us a trailer of an argument that we will have on Monday, which is very helpful for planning for that debate. But what is the problem about objective tests such as those set out in the noble Baroness’s Bill?...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving us a trailer of an argument that we will have on Monday, which is very helpful for planning for that debate. But what is the problem about objective tests such as those set out in the noble Baroness’s Bill?...

My Lords, the noble Lord seeks in supporting the Bill to establish a statutory entitlement to services for individuals that, in my judgment, it would not be possible for the statutory services to guarantee to provide. He must recognise that that is a major problem. If we go down the...

My Lords, the noble Lord seeks in supporting the Bill to establish a statutory entitlement to services for individuals that, in my judgment, it would not be possible for the statutory services to guarantee to provide. He must recognise that that is a major problem. If we go down the...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken today. It has been an outstanding Second Reading debate and every contribution has been riveting. The courage and dignity of the noble Baroness, Lady Gardner of Parkes, in coming here today to share her recent experience has raised an acute...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken today. It has been an outstanding Second Reading debate and every contribution has been riveting. The courage and dignity of the noble Baroness, Lady Gardner of Parkes, in coming here today to share her recent experience has raised an acute...

My Lords, the noble Lord, who was a supporter of the Bill of my noble friend Lord Joffe in favour of assisted suicide, and who has represented the Voluntary Euthanasia Society on occasion in the courts, has expressed his views on other occasions. Members of your Lordships’ House may measure...

My Lords, the noble Lord, who was a supporter of the Bill of my noble friend Lord Joffe in favour of assisted suicide, and who has represented the Voluntary Euthanasia Society on occasion in the courts, has expressed his views on other occasions. Members of your Lordships’ House may measure...

My Lords, nothing in what I said suggests the opposite, does it?

My Lords, nothing in what I said suggests the opposite, does it?

My Lords, I join other noble Lords in congratulating my noble friend Lady Finlay on introducing the Bill, which I support. I declare an interest as a retired nurse, although I am not a specialist in palliative care nursing. My concerns have been raised recently by the vast increase in...

My Lords, I join other noble Lords in congratulating my noble friend Lady Finlay on introducing the Bill, which I support. I declare an interest as a retired nurse, although I am not a specialist in palliative care nursing. My concerns have been raised recently by the vast increase in...

My Lords, like other noble Lords, I feel a great debt to my noble friend Lady Finlay of Llandaff for introducing this important Bill. As many points have already been made, I shall be very brief. I believe that the crucial term in the Bill is ““strategy””—this is about a...

My Lords, like other noble Lords, I feel a great debt to my noble friend Lady Finlay of Llandaff for introducing this important Bill. As many points have already been made, I shall be very brief. I believe that the crucial term in the Bill is ““strategy””—this is about a...

My Lords, I join other noble Lords in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, on introducing the Bill, which has met with such a warm welcome right across the palliative care profession, and which has been so eloquently praised by many of your Lordships today. We are also grateful to...

My Lords, I join other noble Lords in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, on introducing the Bill, which has met with such a warm welcome right across the palliative care profession, and which has been so eloquently praised by many of your Lordships today. We are also grateful to...

My Lords, my noble friend Lady Finlay of Llandaff has rendered a great service to your Lordships' House by introducing her excellent and timely Bill. I think that we were all moved by the powerful speeches that were made in this debate, and by none more so than those of...

My Lords, my noble friend Lady Finlay of Llandaff has rendered a great service to your Lordships' House by introducing her excellent and timely Bill. I think that we were all moved by the powerful speeches that were made in this debate, and by none more so than those of...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a member and supporter of Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice. Like other noble Lords, I start by congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, on introducing the Bill. She has made immense contributions to palliative care and to your Lordships’ House on many matters. I...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a member and supporter of Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice. Like other noble Lords, I start by congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, on introducing the Bill. She has made immense contributions to palliative care and to your Lordships’ House on many matters. I...

My Lords, when I had four very young children, I had a close friend and neighbour who was about the same age as me, in her late 20s or early 30s, who had a second child and then contracted the sort of fast-advancing cancer that can attack young women soon...

My Lords, when I had four very young children, I had a close friend and neighbour who was about the same age as me, in her late 20s or early 30s, who had a second child and then contracted the sort of fast-advancing cancer that can attack young women soon...

My Lords, I am sure that the whole House would wish to join me in expressing our deepest sympathy to the noble Baroness at her sad and recent loss. I am sure also that the House would agree that she spoke with great fortitude in the circumstances. That she was...

My Lords, I am sure that the whole House would wish to join me in expressing our deepest sympathy to the noble Baroness at her sad and recent loss. I am sure also that the House would agree that she spoke with great fortitude in the circumstances. That she was...

My Lords, I agree with the right reverend Prelate about the importance of the Bill. I commend the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, for introducing it to the House, because it provides a rare opportunity for us to note and act on the most unusual alignment of profound moral principle and...

My Lords, I agree with the right reverend Prelate about the importance of the Bill. I commend the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, for introducing it to the House, because it provides a rare opportunity for us to note and act on the most unusual alignment of profound moral principle and...

My Lords, I join everyone here in welcoming this profoundly important Bill and in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff, on her far-sighted determination to create a Bill that has the potential to bring real care and comfort to the people of our country. When I was a...

My Lords, I join everyone here in welcoming this profoundly important Bill and in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff, on her far-sighted determination to create a Bill that has the potential to bring real care and comfort to the people of our country. When I was a...

My Lords, as the noble Baroness has clearly explained, the Bill has the important aim of securing the provision of good palliative care to everyone with a terminal illness. The debate is timely, coming in the wake of the debate introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady Jay of Paddington, on...

My Lords, as the noble Baroness has clearly explained, the Bill has the important aim of securing the provision of good palliative care to everyone with a terminal illness. The debate is timely, coming in the wake of the debate introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady Jay of Paddington, on...

My Lords, I share the strong feelings of support expressed by the noble Lord, Lord MacKenzie of Culkein, for the excellent Bill of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay. I wish it a fair wind in this House. I have no interests of any sort to declare. I have never known...

My Lords, I share the strong feelings of support expressed by the noble Lord, Lord MacKenzie of Culkein, for the excellent Bill of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay. I wish it a fair wind in this House. I have no interests of any sort to declare. I have never known...

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow my noble friend Lady Masham of Ilton and to take part in this remarkable and moving debate on the Bill of my noble friend Lady Finlay of Llandaff. I pay tribute to the many memorable speeches we have heard today, in particular...

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow my noble friend Lady Masham of Ilton and to take part in this remarkable and moving debate on the Bill of my noble friend Lady Finlay of Llandaff. I pay tribute to the many memorable speeches we have heard today, in particular...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Finlay of Llandaff for this humane and necessary Bill. Why do I think it is necessary? The services of palliative care throughout the country seem to be very patchy. I know that from personal experience. My husband died 11 months ago, having...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Finlay of Llandaff for this humane and necessary Bill. Why do I think it is necessary? The services of palliative care throughout the country seem to be very patchy. I know that from personal experience. My husband died 11 months ago, having...

My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. I bring this Bill to you 40 years since St Christopher’s Hospice opened, and 20 years after the specialty of palliative medicine was officially recognised. What does my Bill do? It lays an obligation on...

My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. I bring this Bill to you 40 years since St Christopher’s Hospice opened, and 20 years after the specialty of palliative medicine was officially recognised. What does my Bill do? It lays an obligation on...