Parliamentary search - Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill [HL]

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

681 c1184-295

Session

2005-06

Department

Department of Health

Legislative stage

Second reading

Procedure

Private members' bills proceedings

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill (HL) (vote)
Wednesday, 9 November 2005
Bills
House of Lords

Deposited Paper HDEP 2006/521
Thursday, 13 July 2006
Deposited papers
House of Lords

Deposited Paper DEP 06/1930
Friday, 27 October 2006
Deposited papers
House of Lords
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Chapman | 681 c1204-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this Bill has caused me to look at my own life and how other people perceive my life. I d...

681 c1204 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like most of your Lordships I have received many letters about this Bill. Like my noble fr...

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Baroness Murphy | 681 c1207-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support this Bill, and I express my admiration for the courageous persistence of my nobl...

Lord Prior | 681 c1209 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am a very diffident speaker, and I am very rarely able to attend your Lordships’ House, ...

Lord Turnberg | 681 c1208 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have thought long and hard since our previous debates on the Bill, but I am sorry to hav...

Bishop of St Albans | 681 c1210-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I read Alice in Wonderland when I was far too young. I remember even now how much I dislik...

Lord Clement-Jones | 681 c1209-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the more we debate it, the more ethical difficulties I see in the Bill, because my objecti...

Baroness Hayman | 681 c1212-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, opened his speech by objecting, quite rightly, to the misrep...

Lord Tombs | 681 c1211-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, terminally ill people are vulnerable people—afraid and apprehensive of approaching death a...

Baroness Jay of Paddington | 681 c1193-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Joffe, on introducing once again a very important Bill...

Lord Ashley of Stoke | 681 c1198-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury mentioned vulnerable people. The ef...

Lord Williams of Oystermouth | 681 c1196-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, opposition to the principle of this Bill is not confined to people of religious conviction...

Lord St John of Fawsley | 681 c1195-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Joffe, on introducing the Bill. It requires great cour...

Baroness Jay of Paddington | 681 c1195 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am afraid that I am going to persist for another 30 seconds because this is a Second Rea...

Lord Beaumont of Whitley | 681 c1202-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Joffe, for introducing this important and long overdue Bill a...

Baroness Williams of Crosby | 681 c1200-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the past three days I have received 124 letters, of which 123 have been against this Bi...

Lord Patten | 681 c1199-200 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will not repeat the expression of my feelings raised on the issues in the Bill any more ...

Baroness David | 681 c1203 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I speak to support the Bill of the noble Lord, Lord Joffe, and to speak against the, in my...

Lord Joffe | 681 c1184-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. The Bill follows previous Bills of...

Lord Carlile of Berriew | 681 c1189-92 (Link to this contribution) rose to move, as an amendment to the Motion that the Bill be now read a second time, to leave out ““...

Lord Carlile of Berriew | 681 c1192-3 (Link to this contribution) —is a leader in the palliative care field. I am sure she would accept that there is always room for ...

Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 681 c1214-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, although I still, with misgivings, oppose the Bill, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Jo...

Lord Elton | 681 c1213-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that it is clear already that there is compassion on both sides in this debate. Tho...

Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 681 c1215-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the Bill and salute the courage of the noble Lord, Lord Joffe, in introducing it...

Lord Archer of Sandwell | 681 c1217-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury, I regret that this debate has...

Lord Carlile of Berriew | 681 c1293-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, at 12 and a half minutes past five on a Friday afternoon, I am sure that your Lordships wi...

Lord Nickson | 681 c1222-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when I was much younger, I remember being deeply influenced by the story of the father of ...

Baroness Thomas of Walliswood | 681 c1232-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I speak as one who supports the Bill brought forward by the noble Lord, Lord Joffe. The ev...

Lord Taverne | 681 c1224-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by correcting something said by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans...

Lord Mawhinney | 681 c1223-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Baroness for her speech. My mailbag experience was the same as...

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean | 681 c1223 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, just over 14 years ago, I sat every day and most nights at the bedside of a man in his 30s...

Baroness Cumberlege | 681 c1231-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should like to begin with a quote from Woody Allen, who said:"““I am not afraid to die. ...

Lord Haskel | 681 c1230-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Joffe, on the careful, dignified, courageous and deter...

Lord Wilson of Dinton | 681 c1229-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I follow the noble Earl with respect, but I am afraid that I cannot follow him in supporti...

Lord Livsey of Talgarth | 681 c1221-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise to the distinguished noble Baroness, Lady Warnock, for intervening wrongly in ...

Baroness Warnock | 681 c1220-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that all Members in this House, whatever views they hold on the Bill, wish profo...

Viscount Craigavon | 681 c1218-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on the last two occasions when this subject was debated, I fully supported the noble Lord,...

Lord Livsey of Talgarth | 681 c1220 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I come to this debate objectively—

Lord Laing of Dunphail | 681 c1220 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in supporting the Bill, I acknowledge the risks. But let us not overstate them to the exte...

Lord Hayhoe | 681 c1245-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare my interest as a former president of Help the Hospices. With that background, it...

Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 681 c1246-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, it is a privilege to take part in this remarkable debate. Three right reverend Prel...

Baroness Richardson of Calow | 681 c1244-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the Bill, and I do so as a Christian. I was very impressed at the level of co-op...

Lord Neill of Bladen | 681 c1253-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, at this hour I can be brief and summarise my points. This has been an absolutely excellent...

Baroness O'Cathain | 681 c1252-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I oppose the Bill and will be voting for the amendment. I shall not do it from the point o...

Baroness Masham of Ilton | 681 c1250-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I sat by my husband in the accident and emergency department of Harrogate hospital hold...

Lord Ahmed | 681 c1250 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Joffe, for introducing the Bill and giving us the oppor...

Lord Habgood | 681 c1249-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wonder whether this is really a good moment in history to be promoting a Bill which woul...

Lord Griffiths of Burry Port | 681 c1248-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am the third Methodist minister to speak in a short period, and the one who has chosen t...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 681 c1247-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are about half-way through a debate that has been immensely impressive and informative ...

Baroness Emerton | 681 c1233-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Bill, like its predecessor, would allow physician-assisted suicide for someone who is,...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 681 c1234-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I commend the noble Lord, Lord Joffe, for his courage and persistence and offer my support...

Lord Layard | 681 c1241-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the opponents of the Bill would like us to believe that the present situation is a logical...

Baroness Greengross | 681 c1240-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add my congratulations to my noble friend Lord Joffe on his courage and persistence in p...

Lord Winston | 681 c1243-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I must declare a conflict of interests in speaking in this debate. I am an orthodox Jew an...

Lord Kerr of Kinlochard | 681 c1242-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join those who congratulate the noble Lords, Lord Joffe and Lord Carlile, on the speeche...

Lord Brennan | 681 c1236-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Bill calls into question a serious issue of the law-making powers of this House. Dr Jo...

Lord Carey of Clifton | 681 c1235-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, although the noble Lord, Lord Joffe, is not in his place at the moment, I thank him for hi...

Earl of Glasgow | 681 c1238-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with what the noble Baroness, Lady Flather, has just said. Seven months ago, when ...

Baroness Flather | 681 c1237-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am a coward. Realising that has come as a great surprise to me. I have lived my life fre...

Lord Clinton-Davis | 681 c1263-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, many have spoken in this debate—not least the noble Earl, Lord Sandwich—to great effect ab...

Lord Swinfen | 681 c1268 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when a healthy adult commits suicide, they are normally found to have done so when the bal...

Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen | 681 c1266-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to support this Bill, to congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Joffe, on his presentati...

Lord Alton of Liverpool | 681 c1265-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is the third time that a Bill of this kind has been laid before your Lordships’ House...

Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 681 c1264-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is an old saying that if you want to get the right answer, you must first understand...

Lord MacKenzie of Culkein | 681 c1269-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest: I am a nurse. I know that some nurses, whose opinions I very much r...

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass | 681 c1271 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Joffe, said that his last Bill was,"““based on the principle of perso...

Lord Dholakia | 681 c1268 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, 75 noble Lords have already spoken and there are more to come. I do not think I can add to...

Lord Hylton | 681 c1269 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wonder whether my noble friend Lord Joffe really understands the strength of the opposit...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 681 c1271-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, compassionate care of those facing death has altered the landscape, and palliative care sp...

Earl of Onslow | 681 c1255-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my father, who died aged 57, said to me in the mid-1950s, ““I used to be in favour of euth...

Lord Hughes of Woodside | 681 c1254-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to support the Bill and to emphasise what needs to be emphasised: the Bill is volun...

Viscount Tenby | 681 c1257-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, since there is little time to deal with the technical points in the Bill, and they have an...

Baroness Tonge | 681 c1256-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the Bill introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Joffe, after 40 years’ professional ...

Baroness Hooper | 681 c1258-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, at this stage—I am the 66th speaker in the debate—everything that needs to be said has bee...

Lord Moser | 681 c1259-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, ever since the noble Lord, Lord Joffe, first raised this crucial subject in your Lordships...

Lord Sheldon | 681 c1260 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, whatever happens at the end of the debate, I must admire the achievements of the noble Lor...

Lord Cavendish of Furness | 681 c1260-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I oppose the Bill because I believe that it puts at additional risk an already vulnerable ...

Earl of Sandwich | 681 c1262-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join the debate with an average experience of seeing close friends and relations suffer ...

Lord Joffe | 681 c1292 (Link to this contribution) We have brought before this House overwhelming evidence on the position in Oregon after eight years ...

Lord Joffe | 681 c1290-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord for that intervention. I notice that the noble...

Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 681 c1290 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would just like to intervene to say that I was extremely grateful to the noble Lord, Lor...

Lord Joffe | 681 c1289-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to those of your Lordships who have spoken in what I believe to have been a ...

Lord Warner | 681 c1285-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as speaker No. 90, I should like to follow the noble Lord, Lord McColl, with a few message...

Lord McColl of Dulwich | 681 c1283-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to give a message to the House from my noble friend Lady Park of Monmouth, who is i...

Baroness Barker | 681 c1281-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we all come to this debate with a predisposition to support or oppose the proposals before...

Lord Joffe | 681 c1293 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that noble Lords will be very interested in my final point. The purpose of the Bil...

Lord Joffe | 681 c1292-3 (Link to this contribution) I should explain what I mean by tradition—something that has happened consistently since 1998. When ...

Lord Joffe | 681 c1293 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, noble Lords will be very interested in one of them. We were told by the noble Lord, Lord A...

Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank | 681 c1274-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not approve of this Bill. I spoke previously to this effect, and I do not intend to r...

Lord Lipsey | 681 c1273-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, some hours ago, the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans referred to Alice in Wo...

Lord May of Oxford | 681 c1277-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise for missing the opening speeches as, at the time, I was in a plane, perhaps ap...

Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 681 c1275-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by declaring my interests as the president of the Scottish Bible Society, a patron...

Lord Lewis of Newnham | 681 c1272-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have had a very detailed and interesting discussion on this Bill. I do not want to exte...

Baroness Wilkins | 681 c1272 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am totally opposed to this Bill. It is a dangerous Bill. Contrary to the views of my nob...

Lord Joffe | 681 c1279-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can explain the delay in asking for a Second Reading. I was given very few Fridays. My p...

Lord Carter | 681 c1280 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that does not answer my question. If the noble Lord had really wanted a Committee stage, w...

Baroness Barker | 681 c1280-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am the 88th person to speak today. I am 88th because it is my responsibility to sum up o...

Lord Goodhart | 681 c1205-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the very few minutes available I want to concentrate on the safeguards in the Bill—safe...

Bishop of Portsmouth | 681 c1226-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, having had to face up to my own mortality when I was diagnosed with leukaemia last autumn,...

Lord Desai | 681 c1258 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have not seen so many Bishops here since the debate on Sunday trading. Obviously, death...

Lord Carter | 681 c1278-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will deal with only two issues: the perception of the Bill outside this House and the ar...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 681 c1201-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, why does this Bill ignore the majority of the essential changes recommended by the Select ...

Lord Ballyedmond | 681 c1216-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, to speak on this Bill is to undertake the position of being heard as yet another voice wit...

Earl of Arran | 681 c1227-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as an enormously privileged member of the Select Committee, I am immensely grateful for th...

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Chronic illnesses

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Evidence

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Patients

Protection

Public opinion

Palliative care

Religion

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Self-medication

Legislation

Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill (HL) 2005-06

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