Access to Palliative Care Bill [HL]

My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff, on introducing this P...

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to speak in this Second Reading debate, so ably moved by the ...

My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, who has led a number of wonderful...

My Lords, the Bill is an excellent initiative, and I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay...

My Lords, I too thank the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, for introducing this important Bill. I sha...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a fairly active patron of Eden Valley Hospice in Cumbria and o...

My Lords, in this country we have a very high level of skill in palliative care as a specialty in...

My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Baroness on introducing this Bill and on her very eloque...

My Lords, I declare my interest as chairman of Hospice UK, the umbrella organisation for all hosp...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Howard of Lympne, whose work on behalf ...

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Howarth, who focused very much on the ...

My Lords, not long ago I made one of the most difficult choices that I have been asked to make in...

My Lords, as this is the first time on which I have spoken from this position in the Chamber, per...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Warner. I have always listened to him w...

My Lords, this is a Bill on the right topic—on assisting the dying. That term has been used recen...

My Lords, in the years that the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, has served in your Lordships’ House,...

My Lords, I begin, as we all do, with thanking the noble Baroness and congratulating her on getti...

My Lords, of course I, too, must begin by joining those who have thanked my noble friend Lady Fin...

My Lords, I apologise to some noble Lords who spoke earlier, whose speeches I unavoidably had to ...

My Lords, I am the last of many speakers today to congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of...

My Lords, first, I thank the House for allowing me to speak in the gap in support of the most mar...

My Lords, the Opposition warmly welcome the Bill. I hope that it can make progress and get to the...

My Lords, first, I join with everybody else in thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, for rais...

My noble friend has put local autonomy at the centre of his argument. If local autonomy results i...

My noble friend makes a good point. There is tension in the health service between local autonomy...

On the matter of transparency, does the Minister agree with my point that it is important that th...

I accept and agree with that. One should not underestimate that even sophisticated, well-informed...

My Lords, I am most grateful to everyone who has spoken in this debate. They prepared for it care...